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2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report 

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals 

Office of Public Health 

State Center for Health Statistics

2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals 

Office of Public Health 

Kathleen Babineaux Blanco 

Governor 

Fredrick P. Cerise, MD, MPH 

Secretary, Department of Health and Hospitals 

Roxane Townsend, MD 

Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Hospitals 

Sharon G. Howard, MSW 

Assistant Secretary 

Darlene W. Smith 

Director, State Center for Health Statistics 

State Registrar 

A Publication of: 

Louisiana Office of Public Health 

State Center for Health Statistics 

1450 L & A Road 

Metairie, LA 70001 

(504) 219-4515 

Editors 

Robert Starszak, MS, MPH 

Manager, State Center for Health Statistics 

Rafael A. Jarpa, MSc 

Public Health Epidemiologist Supervisor 

Production Staff: State Center for Health Statistics 

Shamim Akhter, MD, MPH 

Suresh N. Belame, MD, MPH

Staff at the State Center for Health Statistics 

Sukhjeet Ahuja, MD, MPH 

Shamim Akhter, MD, MPH 

Suresh N. Belame, MD, MPH 

Joan Borstell, MS 

Iqbal Bhuiyan, MD, MPH 

Ya-Hui Hsueh, MSPH 

Rafael A. Jarpa, MS 

Robert Starszak, MS, MPH 

Shenkang Yu, MS 

JoAnn Medice 

Shelia Rolland 

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When using information extracted from this report, please reference the report with the following citation: 

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Louisiana State Center for Health 

Statistics, 2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report. 

Website: http://www.dhh.louisiana.gov/offices/page.asp?id=275&detail=6624

2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT INTRODUCTION 

INTRODUCTION 

The mission of the State Center for Health Statistics (CHS) within the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, Office of 

Public Health is to collect and distribute accurate, comprehensible information vital to informed decision making on matters 

concerning individual and community health. The goal of the 2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report is to present and explain the 

health surveillance data collected on the state’s vital event certificates. CHS welcomes your feedback on the usefulness and 

clarity of this report. 

The 2003 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report describes health status data collected on Louisiana’s vital event certificates of Live 

Birth, Spontaneous Fetal Death (stillbirth), Induced Termination of Pregnancy (induced abortion), Death, Marriage, and Divorce. 

Data collected on these certificates are used to describe trends and current status in infant and maternal health and in the 

causes of death most prevalent in race, sex, and age groups. This basic surveillance of vital events is essential in identifying 

individual and community health concerns and in targeting and evaluating health education and service efforts. 

This year’s report contains eight chapters that describe vital event data and one chapter that presents supplemental information. 

The eight data chapters are “Summary of Vital Events”, “Population”, “Live Births”, “Spontaneous Fetal Deaths”, “Induced 

Terminations of Pregnancy”, “Deaths”, “Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality”, and “Marriage and Divorce”. Each of these 

chapters contains text, tables, and charts describing state-level data. 

The eight data chapters are followed by an ancillary chapter entitled “Technical Notes”, which identifies data sources, describes 

data processing methods and assumptions, and provides a glossary of technical terms. A final section presents samples of 

various Certificates on which vital events are recorded for the State of Louisiana. 

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2002 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT FIGURES 

CONTENTS 

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................i 

Contents.....................................................................................................................................................................iii 

Tables ........................................................................................................................................................................vi 

Figures ..................................................................................................................................................................... viii 

Map of Louisiana........................................................................................................................................................ix 

SUMMARY OF VITAL EVENTS................................................................................................................................ 1 

Louisiana and the United States in 2003 ........................................................................................................... 3 

Summary of Vital Events in 2003....................................................................................................................... 4 

Population Summary.................................................................................................................................. 4 

Live Birth Summary.................................................................................................................................... 4 

Spontaneous Fetal Death Summary.......................................................................................................... 5 

Reported Induced Termination of Pregnancy Summary............................................................................ 5 

Death Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 5 

Infant Mortality Summary ........................................................................................................................... 6 

Maternal Mortality Summary ...................................................................................................................... 6 

Marriage and Divorce Summary ................................................................................................................ 6 

POPULATION............................................................................................................................................................ 7 

Use of Population Data in Vital Event Surveillance .................................................................................... 9 

Source of Data: Bridged-race population estimate, 2003.......................................................................... 9 

Population Estimates ......................................................................................................................................... 9 

LIVE BIRTHS: ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 

Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 15 

Birth Counts and Rates.................................................................................................................................... 16 

Number of Births ...................................................................................................................................... 16 

Crude Birth Rate....................................................................................................................................... 16 

Fertility Rates ........................................................................................................................................... 17 

Maternal Profile ................................................................................................................................................ 18 

Age of Mother........................................................................................................................................... 18 

Birth Order................................................................................................................................................ 19 

Race of Mother......................................................................................................................................... 20 

Teen and Pre-Teen Births........................................................................................................................ 20 

Education ................................................................................................................................................. 22 

Marital Status ........................................................................................................................................... 22 

Prenatal Care ........................................................................................................................................... 23 

Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy............................................................................. 25 

Tobacco and Alcohol Use during Pregnancy........................................................................................... 27 

Newborn Profile................................................................................................................................................ 28 

Gender...................................................................................................................................................... 28 

Birthweight................................................................................................................................................ 29 

Gestational Age........................................................................................................................................ 31 

Multiple Births........................................................................................................................................... 32 

Apgar Score ............................................................................................................................................. 32 

Congenital Anomalies .............................................................................................................................. 32 

Delivery Characteristics: Medical Procedures, Complications, and Facilities ................................................ 34 

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FIGURES 2002 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 

Obstetric Procedures................................................................................................................................ 34 

Complications of Labor and/or Delivery ................................................................................................... 35 

Method of Delivery ................................................................................................................................... 38 

References....................................................................................................................................................... 40 

SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS: State Summary ............................................................................................ 41 

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 43 

Fetal Death Counts and Rates......................................................................................................................... 44 

Maternal Profile ................................................................................................................................................ 45 

Race and Age .......................................................................................................................................... 45 

Prenatal Care........................................................................................................................................... 47 

Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy............................................................................ 47 

Tobacco and Alcohol Use During Pregnancy.......................................................................................... 48 

Cause of Death ................................................................................................................................................ 48 

References....................................................................................................................................................... 53 

INDUCED TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY: State Summary............................................................................ 55 

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 57 

Induced Termination Counts............................................................................................................................ 57 

DEATHS: State Summary...................................................................................................................................... 61 

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 

Number and Rates of Death ............................................................................................................................ 64 

Crude Death Rate.................................................................................................................................... 64 

Age-Adjusted Death Rate........................................................................................................................ 65 

Leading Causes of Death................................................................................................................................. 65 

Louisiana and United States Death Rates....................................................................................................... 65 

1994-2003 Louisiana Death Rates .................................................................................................................. 67 

Deaths by Demographic Group ....................................................................................................................... 69 

Mortality by Gender ................................................................................................................................. 69 

Mortality by Race..................................................................................................................................... 71 

Mortality by Gender and Race................................................................................................................. 73 

Mortality by Age ....................................................................................................................................... 74 

Mortality by Age and Gender................................................................................................................... 75 

Mortality by Age and Race ...................................................................................................................... 76 

Mortality by Age, Gender, and Race ....................................................................................................... 78 

Mortality by Selected Causes of Death: Crude and Age-Adjusted Rates .............................................. 79 

INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY: State Summary ................................................................................. 105 

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 107 

Maternal Mortality Counts and Rates ............................................................................................................ 108 

Infant Mortality Counts and Rates.................................................................................................................. 109 

Infant Mortality by Infant Race............................................................................................................... 110 

Infant Mortality by Infant Gender and Race........................................................................................... 112 

Causes of Infant Death .................................................................................................................................. 112 

Leading Causes of Infant Death ............................................................................................................ 112 

Leading Causes of Infant Death by Race and Infant Gender ............................................................... 115 

Infant Mortality by Selected Causes of Infant Death ............................................................................. 115 

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE: State Summary..................................................................................................... 137 

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 139 

Marriage ......................................................................................................................................................... 140 

Counts and Rates................................................................................................................................... 140 

Age of Bride and Groom......................................................................................................................... 141 

Prior Marital Status................................................................................................................................. 142 

Race of Bride and Groom....................................................................................................................... 144 

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Month of Marriage .................................................................................................................................. 144 

Divorce ........................................................................................................................................................... 145 

Rates by Parish of Occurrence .............................................................................................................. 145 

TECHNICAL NOTES............................................................................................................................................. 147 

Data Sources, Completeness, and Imputations............................................................................................. 149 

Sources of Data ..................................................................................................................................... 149 

Completeness of Data ........................................................................................................................... 149 

Missing Data .......................................................................................................................................... 150 

Place of Residence vs. Place of Occurrence ........................................................................................ 150 

Cities Located in Two Parishes ............................................................................................................. 150 

Comparability of National and State Data ............................................................................................. 150 

Parish and Region Tables.............................................................................................................................. 151 

Parish Tables......................................................................................................................................... 151 

Region Tables........................................................................................................................................ 151 

Population Data.............................................................................................................................................. 152 

Birth Data ....................................................................................................................................................... 153 

Race ...................................................................................................................................................... 153 

Place of Residence................................................................................................................................ 153 

Adequate Prenatal Care ........................................................................................................................ 153 

Weight Equivalents................................................................................................................................ 153 

Gestational Age ..................................................................................................................................... 154 

Birthweight ............................................................................................................................................. 154 

Number of Prenatal Visits...................................................................................................................... 154 

Birth Rates for Mothers Under Age 15 Years and Over Age 45 Years................................................. 154 

Spontaneous Fetal Death Data (Stillbirth) ...................................................................................................... 155 

Definition of a Spontaneous Fetal Death............................................................................................... 155 

Estimation of Gestational Age ............................................................................................................... 155 

Cause of Death Coding ......................................................................................................................... 155 

Death Data ..................................................................................................................................................... 158 

Place of Residence................................................................................................................................ 158 

Cause of Death Coding ......................................................................................................................... 158 

Definitions....................................................................................................................................................... 164 

Calculation of Rates and Ratios..................................................................................................................... 171 

CERTIFICATE FACSIMILES ................................................................................................................................ 173 

TABLES 

POPULATION 

1.1 Population, Louisiana, 1945-2003 .............................................................................................................. 10 

1.2 Population by Gender, Race, and Age Group, Louisiana, 2003................................................................. 10 

1.3 Percent of Total Population by Gender and Age Group, Louisiana and United States, 2003.................... 11 

1.4 Percent of Total Population by Race and Gender, Louisiana and United States, 2003............................. 11 

1.5 Percent Distribution by Race and Gender, within Age Group, Louisiana, 2003......................................... 12 

1.6 Population Counts by Parish, Louisiana, 2003 ........................................................................................... 13 

LIVE BIRTHS 

Live Births: State Summary 

2.1 Number of Live Births, Crude Birth Rates, and Percent Changes, Louisiana and United States, 

1984-2003................................................................................................................................................... 17 

2.2 Crude Birth Rates, Fertility Rates, and Age-Specific Birth Rates, Louisiana, 1984-2003 .......................... 18 

2.3 First Birth Rates by Maternal Age, Louisiana and United States, 1994-2003 ............................................ 18 

2.4 Number of Live Births by Birth Order, Age and Race of Mother, Louisiana, 2003 ..................................... 19 

2.5 Number of Live Births by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003.......................................................... 20 

2.6 Crude Birth Rates, Fertility Rates, and Age-Specific Birth Rates by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003 ...... 23 

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2.7 Teenage Birth Rates by Maternal Age, Louisiana and United States, 1994-2003 ..................................... 21 

2.8 Teens and Pre-Teens: Age-Specific Birth Rates by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003............................... 21 

2.9 Teens and Pre-Teens: Number and Percents of Live Births to Mothers Entering Prenatal Care in the 

First Trimester, by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003................................................................................... 21 

2.10 Teens and Pre-Teens: Number and Percent of Live Births under 2500 Grams by Maternal Race 

and Age, Louisiana, 2003 .......................................................................................................................... 22 

2.11 Number and Percent of Live Births by Maternal Education and Race, Louisiana, 2003............................ 22 

2.12 Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Mothers by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 ...................... 23 

2.13 Percent of Live Births to Unmarried Mothers by Maternal Age, Louisiana and United States, 

1999-2003.................................................................................................................................................. 23 

2.14 Percent of Live Births to Women Entering Prenatal Care in the 1 st Trimester of Pregnancy by Maternal 

Race, Louisiana and United States, 2003 .................................................................................................. 23 

2.15 Percent of Live Births to Women Delivering Live Births Receiving Adequate Prenatal Care, 

by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003........................................................................................... 23 

2.16 Percents of Live Births to Women Entering Prenatal Care in the First Trimester of Pregnancy, 

Louisiana and United States. Selected years 1994-2003......................................................................... 24 

2.17 Percents of Live Births by Initiation of Prenatal Care, Maternal Age, and Maternal Race 

Louisiana, 2003......................................................................................................................................... 24 

2.18 Rates of Selected Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy by Maternal Race 

and Age, Louisiana, 2003 .......................................................................................................................... 25 

2.19 Counts of Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy by Maternal Age and Race, 

Louisiana, 2003.......................................................................................................................................... 25 

2.20 Use of Tobacco and Alcohol during Pregnancy by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 .................. 27 

2.21 Counts of Live Births by Infant Sex and Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003 ................................................. 28 

2.22 Percent of Live Births Less than 2500 Grams, Louisiana and United States, 1994-2003.......................... 28 

2.23 Percent of Live Births Less than 2500 Grams by Maternal Race, 

Louisiana and United States, 2003............................................................................................................ 29 

2.24 Percent of Live Births Less than 2500 Grams by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003..................... 29 

2.25 Percent of Live Births Less than 1500 Grams by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003..................... 30 

2.26 Number of Live Births by Live Birth Order and Birthweight, Louisiana, 2003............................................. 30 

2.27 Number and Percent of Live Births by Infant Birthweight, Infant Sex, and Maternal Race, 


2.28 Number of Live Births by Birthweight, Maternal Age and Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003....................... 31 

2.29 Number and Percent of Pre-Term Live Births (Less Than 37 Weeks), by Maternal Age and Race, 


2.30Number and Percent of Births with Below Normal Five Minute Apgar Scores by Maternal Race, 


2.31 Number and Percent of Births with Below Normal Five Minute Apgar Scores by Maternal Age, 

Louisiana, 2003......................................................................................................................................... 30 

2.32 Counts of Abnormal Conditions of the Newborn by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 ................. 33 

2.33 Counts of Congenital Anomalies by Type of Anomaly and Maternal Age, Louisiana, 2003 ...................... 34 

2.34 Number and Rates of Obstetric Procedures by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 ....................... 34 

2.35 Number of Obstetric Procedures by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003......................................... 35 

2.36 Number and Rates of Complications of Labor and/or Delivery by Maternal Race and Age 


2.37 Counts of Complications of Labor and/or Delivery by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003.............. 36 

2.38 Percent of Live Births by Cesarean Delivery by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003....................... 38 

2.39 Number of Deliveries by Method of Delivery, Maternal Age, and Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003........... 39 

SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS 

Spontaneous Fetal Deaths: State Summary 

3.1 Number and Rates of Fetal Deaths, Louisiana, 1994-2003 ......................................................................... 44 

3.2 Fetal Mortality Rates, Louisiana and United States, 1994-2003 .................................................................. 45 

3.3 Fetal Mortality Rates by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 1994-2003................................................................... 46 

3.4 Fetal Mortality Rates by Maternal Race, Louisiana and United States, 1994-2003..................................... 46 

3.5 Fetal Mortality Rates by Maternal Race and Age, Louisiana, 2003 ............................................................. 47 

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3.6 Number and Rates of Fetal Deaths by Prenatal Care Status and Race, Louisiana, 2003........................... 47 

3.7 Number of Fetal Deaths by Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy and Maternal Race, 

Louisiana, 2003........................................................................................................................................ 48 

3.8 Number and Ratio of Reported Fetal Deaths by Selected Causes of Death, Maternal Age and Race, 

Louisiana, 2003 ....................................................................................................................................... 49 

INDUCED TERMINATIONS OF PREGNANCY 

Induced Terminations of Pregnancy: State Summary 

4.1 Counts of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Age Group, 

Reported Occurrences in Louisiana, 1994-2003 ..................................................................................... 57 

4.2 Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Weeks of Gestation and Type of Procedure, 

Reported Occurrences in Louisiana, 2003 .............................................................................................. 58 

4.3 Number of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Weeks of Gestation, Age, Race, and 

Marital Status, Reported Occurrences in Louisiana, 2003 ...................................................................... 59 

DEATHS 

Deaths: State Summary 

5.1 Number and Rates of Deaths, Louisiana and United States, 1983-2003.................................................... 65 

5.2 Rankings, Counts, and Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death, Louisiana and 

United States, 2003 ................................................................................................................................. 66 

5.3 Crude Death Rates for Selected Leading Causes of Death, Louisiana, 1992-2003 ................................... 69 

5.4 Rankings, Numbers, and Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Gender, Louisiana, 2003................. 70 

5.5 Rankings, Number, and Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Race, Louisiana, 2003...................... 72 

5.6 Age-Adjusted Death Rates for the Five Leading Causes of Death by Gender and Race, 

Louisiana, 2003 ....................................................................................................................................... 74 

5.7 Rankings and Counts for the Five Leading Causes of Death by Age Group, Louisiana, 2003................... 75 

5.8 Death Counts and Rates by Age Group and Gender, Louisiana, 2003....................................................... 76 

5.9 Death Counts and Rates by Age Group and Race, Louisiana, 2003 .......................................................... 78 

5.10 Death Counts and Rates by Age Group, Gender, and Race, Louisiana, 2003 ........................................... 79 

5.11 Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) by Selected Causes, Gender, Race, and Age, 

Louisiana Residents, 2003 ...................................................................................................................... 80 

INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY 

Infant and Maternal Mortality: State Summary 

6.1 Number and Rates of Maternal Deaths by Race and Age, Louisiana, 1994-2003 ................................... 108 

6.2 Maternal Deaths by Place of Occurrence, Reallocated to Mothers Usual Residence 

and Shown by Age and Race of Mother, Louisiana, 2003 ................................................................. 108 

6.3 Number of Infant Deaths and Infant Mortality Rates, Louisiana and United States, 1984-2003 .............. 110 

6.4 Infant Mortality Rates by Age at Death and Infant Race, Louisiana, 2003………………………………… 110 

6.5 Infant Mortality Rates, Neonatal Mortality Rates, and Postneonatal Mortality Rates 

Louisiana and United States, 1983-2003 ............................................................................................. 111 

6.6 Infant Mortality Rates by Infant Gender and Race, Louisiana, 1993-2003................................................ 112 

6.7 Number of Deaths for Leading Causes of Infant Deaths by Age at Death, Louisiana, 2003 .................... 113 

6.8 Crude Death Rates for Leading Causes of Infant Death, Louisiana, 1992-2003 ...................................... 114 

6.9 Infant Death (Exclusive of Fetal Deaths) by Selected Causes, Gender, Race, and Age, 

Louisiana, 2003 .................................................................................................................................... 115 

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 

Marriage and Divorce: State Summary 

7.1 Numbers of Marriages by Parish, Louisiana, 2003.................................................................................... 140 

7.2 Marriages in Louisiana and United States, 1990-2003.............................................................................. 141 

7.3 Number of Marriages by Age of Groom and Age of Bride, Louisiana, 2003 ............................................. 141 

7.4 Average and Median Ages of Brides and Grooms, Louisiana, 1993-2003 ............................................... 142 

7.5 Marriage Rates by Gender and Age, Selected Years, Louisiana, 1991-2003........................................... 142 

7.6 Number of Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom, Louisiana, 2003.......................... 143 

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7.7 Percents of Marriages by Previous Marital Status, Selected Years, Louisiana, 1991-2003 ..................... 143 

7.8 Average and Median Age of Bride and Groom at this Marriage by Previous Marital Status, 

Louisiana, 2003 .................................................................................................................................. 143 

7.9 Number of Marriages by Race of Groom and Race of Bride, Louisiana, 2003 ......................................... 144 

7.10 Number and Percent of Marriages by Month of Occurrence, Louisiana, 2003 ......................................... 144 

7.11 Divorce Rates by Parish of Occurrence, Louisiana, 1998-2003................................................................ 145 

FIGURES 

LIVE BIRTHS 

2.1 Number of Live Births and Crude Birth Rates, Louisiana, 1957-2003 ......................................................... 16 

2.2 Crude Birth Rates, Louisiana and United States, 1957-2003 ...................................................................... 16 

2.3 Percent of Live Births Less than 2500 Grams by Trimester of Entry into Prenatal Care, 

Louisiana, 2001......................................................................................................................................... 29 


3.1 Fetal Death Counts and Mortality Rates, Louisiana, 1992-2003............................................................... 44 


4.1. Percents of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Single Weeks of Gestation at the Time of the 

Termination, Reported Occurrences in Louisiana, 2003 ............................................................................. 58 

DEATHS 

5.1 Death Counts and Crude Death Rates, Louisiana, 1982-2003 .................................................................... 64 

5.2 Crude Death Rates, Louisiana and United States, 1982-2003..................................................................... 64 

5.3 Percents of Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death, Louisiana, 2003............................................ 66 

5.4 Age-Adjusted Death Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death, 

Louisiana and United States, 2003............................................................................................................. 67 

5.5 Crude Death Rates for Heart Disease and Cancer, Louisiana, 1992-2003.................................................. 67 

5.6 Crude Death Rates for Cerebrovascular Diseases and Accidents, 1992-2003 ........................................... 68 

5.7 Crude Death Rate for Diabetes, Louisiana, 1992-2003................................................................................ 68 

5.8 Crude Death Rates by Gender, Louisiana, 1982-2003................................................................................. 69 

5.9 Crude Death Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Gender, Louisiana, 2003..................................... 71 

5.10 Crude Death Rates by Race, Louisiana, 1992-2003 ................................................................................... 71 

5.11 Crude Death Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Race, Louisiana, 2003....................................... 73 

5.12 Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Selected Leading Causes of Death by Race-Gender, 

Louisiana 2003 ........................................................................................................................................... 74 

5.13. Death Rates by Age Group 1-54 and Gender, Louisiana, 2003 ................................................................. 75 

5.14. Death Rates by Age Group 55 and over, and Gender, Louisiana, 2003..................................................... 76 

5.15. Death Rates by Age Group 1-54 and Race, Louisiana, 2003 ..................................................................... 77 

5.16. Death Rates by Age Group 55 and over, and Race, Louisiana, 2003 ........................................................ 77 


Infant and Maternal Mortality: State Summary 

6.1 Infant Death Counts and Infant Mortality Rates, Louisiana, 1952-200......................................................... 109 

6.2 Infant Mortality Rates, Louisiana and United States, 1952-2003 ................................................................. 109 

6.3 Infant Mortality Rates by Race, Louisiana and United States, 1982-2003................................................... 111 

6.4 Infant Mortality Rates by Infant Gender and Race, Louisiana, 1992-2003 .................................................. 112 

6.5 Rates for Selected Leading Causes of Infant Death, Louisiana, 19921-2003 ............................................. 113 

6.6 Rates for Selected Leading Causes of Infant Death, Louisiana, 1992-2003................................................ 114 

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2002 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS MAP OF LOUISIANA 

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2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT SUMMARY 

SUMMARY OF 

VITAL EVENTS 

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OLDEST, YOUNGEST, ETC… IN 2003 

Oldest Bride: 92 years Youngest Bride: 12 years 

Oldest Groom: 98 years Youngest Groom: 15 years 

Oldest Mother: 64 years Highest Birth Order: 21 

Oldest Father: 76 years Largest Live Birth: 7110 grams 

Oldest Female Decedent: 113 years 

Oldest Male Decedent: 110 years 

EACH DAY IN LOUISIANA IN 2003* THERE WERE ON AVERAGE: 

177 Live Births 116 Deaths 1 Fetal Death 

26 to teens aged 15 -19 31 from heart disease 2 Infant Deaths 

84 to unmarried mothers 26 from cancer 29 Induced Terminations of Pregnancy 

19 low weight births 7 from cerebrovascular disease 102 Marriages 

54 cesarean sections 6 from unintentional injuries 

5 from diabetes mellitus 

3 from motor vehicle injuries 

2 from homicide 

* Note that numbers are approximate averages, derived by dividing total numbers of each event by 365 (days in a standard year). 

Since all results are rounded down to the closest whole number, calculation of total events from these numbers may underestimate the true total. 

LOUISIANA AND THE UNITED STATES IN 2003 

Vital Event Louisiana U.S.* 

Live Births 

Birth Rate per 1,000 population 14.4 14.1 

Teen Birth Rate per 1,000 women aged 15 through 19 55.6 41.6 

Percent of total births to Unmarried Women 47.5 % 34.6 % 

Percent of total births with 1 st Trimester Entry into Prenatal Care 84.1 % 84.1 % 

Percent of total births that were Low Weight (


SUMMARY OF VITAL EVENTS IN 2003 

POPULATION 

State population 1 : 4,496,334 

Louisiana has the 24 th largest population among the fifty states. 2 

Percent of population in race group: 64.7% white, 33.2% black, 2.2% other race. 

The national breakdown by race is 81.3% white, 13.1% black, and 5.6% other race. 3 

LIVE BIRTH 

Number of births: 64,689 

In 2003 the total number of births was 64,689 and 64,755 in 2002. 

Birth Rate: 14.4 live births per 1,000 population 

This is the lowest state birth rate in more than half a century. 

Fertility Rate: 65.8 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years 

Following a high fertility rate of 80.7 in 1982, Louisiana's fertility rate declined steadily to 64.9 in 1996. Since 1996 the state's 

fertility rate has remained relatively stable around 66.1. 

Number of births to teens aged 15-19 years: 9,452 

In Louisiana, 14.6 % of the total live births were from mothers 15-19 years old. 

Birth Rate in teens aged 15-19 years: 55.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 

In Louisiana, the teen birth rate went slightly down compared to 57.8 in 2002. 

Percent of births to unmarried mothers: 47.5% of total live births 

This is a slight increase from the 2002 figure of 47.0%. 

Percent of live births receiving prenatal care in the first trimester: 84.1% of total live births 

The percent of live births receiving prenatal care in the first trimester has increased steadily during the 1990s. 

Percent of live births less than 2500 grams: 10.7% of total live births 

In recent years, Louisiana has seen a steady rise in the percentage of low birth weight babies, from 9.4% of total births in 1992. 

Percent of live births delivered by cesarean section: 31.7% of total live births 

Of all live births in Louisiana in 2003, 31.7% were primary or repeat cesarean deliveries. 

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SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATH 

(State criteria: 20+ weeks gestation or 350+ grams weight) 

Number of fetal deaths: 514 

In comparison, there were 512 fetal deaths in Louisiana in 2002. 

Fetal Mortality Rate 3 : 7.9 in 2003. 

REPORTED INDUCED TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY 

Number of reported induced terminations performed in Louisiana: 10,642 

This is an increase of 191, from the 10,451 terminations reported in the state in 2002. 

DEATH 

Number of deaths: 42,297 

In 2003 the total number of deaths was 42,297 and in 2002 the death count was 41,797. 

Crude Death Rate: 940.7 deaths per 100,000 population 

In 2003, the crude death rate was 940.7 deaths per 100,000 population. 

Ten Leading Causes of Death - Crude and Age-Adjusted Death Rates 

In Louisiana the ten leading causes of death and their associated rates are: 

Cause of Death 

Crude Rate 

Per 100,000 Population 

Age-Adjusted 

Rate* 

per 100,000 

Diseases of the Heart 271.8 271.8 

Malignant Neoplasms 220.2 220.2 

Cerebrovascular Disease 59.9 59.9 

Accidents 48.3 48.3 

Diabetes Mellitus 40.6 40.6 

Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 40.6 40.6 

Alzheimer’s Disease 28.9 28.9 

Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis 25.0 25.0 

Influenza and Pneumonia 22.0 22.0 

Septicemia 19.2 19.2 

* The age-adjusted rate is based upon the 2000 Standard Population. 

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Number of infant deaths: 604 

In 2003 there were 604 infant deaths and 661 in 2002. 

INFANT MORTALITY 

Infant Mortality Rate: 9.3 infant deaths per 1,000 live births 

In 2003 infant mortality rate was 9.3 and the rate for 2002 was 9.8. 

Number of Maternal Deaths: 12 

In Louisiana, the number of maternal deaths was 12 in 2003. 

MATERNAL MORTALITY 

MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 

Number of Marriages: 37,288 

This is an increase of 743 marriages from the 36,545 marriages that occurred in 2002. 

Number of Covenant Marriages: 408 

This choice became available to Louisiana residents in August 1997. 

Number of Divorces: 15,230 

Divorce reports were submitted by all 64 Louisiana parishes in 2003. 

1 United States Census Bureau. “U.S. Bureau of the Census” http://www.census.gov 

2 Bridged-Race Postcensal Population Estimates 2003, U.S. Bureau of the Census. 

3 Ibid. 

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INTRODUCTION 

Use of Population Data in Vital Event Surveillance 

Simple counts of information collected on vital certificates or forms are helpful in planning provisions for health services since 

they document the number of people who experience health events in a particular geographic area. 

When questions concerning comparisons between population groups arise, however, simple counts are often misleading 

because they do not account for differences in the composition of the groups. For example, more people die in towns where the 

majority of the inhabitants are elderly than in towns with a majority of young adults, simply because older people die more often 

than younger people do. Solely relying on counts as a measure of the magnitude of the vital event would deceptively imply that 

the town with a greater majority of elderly people has an abnormally high occurrence of death. Statisticians calculate rates in 

order to address these and other concerns related to the comparison of groups within a population. Rates provide a way to 

relate the number of events that occurred to the population in which they occurred. They are calculated by dividing the number 

of events by the number of people in the group, then multiplying the quotient by an appropriate enlarging factor (typically 1,000 

or 100,000) to provide an understandable integer. As is often the case, when the number of individuals in a group where the 

event occurred is not known, census population data are used to estimate the number. 

Louisiana population figures provide a frame of reference for examining the vital events that occur within the resident population 

within a particular year. State population figures are used to calculate the overall rates at which births and deaths occur 

throughout the state. 

Source of Data: 2003 estimate from United States Bureau of Census 

For the years that fall between the ten-year census counts, intercensal population estimates are calculated by the United States 

Census Bureau. These estimates of yearly populations are based on determinations of the number of births, deaths, and 

migrations into and out of the state on an annual basis. 

Detailed intercensal estimates for 2003 were calculated based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in their 

Bridged-Race Postcensal Population Estimates 2003. Data from the same source were used in the calculation of rates in this 

report. 

Population Estimates 

The 2003 US Census estimate placed the number of Louisiana residents at 4,496,334. Historical estimates of the total Louisiana 

population are shown in Table 1.1. 

Estimates grouped by sex, race, and age describe the population’s composition and are used to calculate rates for comparison 

of vital events among population subgroups (Table 1.2). The approximately equivalent 2003 estimates were used for calculation. 

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Gender 

Race 

Table 1.2: Population by Gender, Race, and Age Groups 0-49, Louisiana, 2003 

Age Group (years) 

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 

White 92,684 91,036 98,445 102,556 108,800 93,589 96,504 101,494 114,343 113,477 

Black 69,584 64,392 70,227 70,751 65,540 48,997 43,610 45,310 48,182 46,279 

Male Other 3,357 3,559 3,863 3,936 4,735 4,823 4,211 4,088 3,715 3,359 

Total 165,625 158,987 172,535 177,243 179,075 147,409 144,325 150,892 166,240 163,115 

White 88,763 86,777 93,001 96,969 105,976 90,468 95,027 100,650 115,212 112,650 

Black 66,851 62,805 67,538 69,390 68,394 55,751 50,203 53,766 57,331 54,793 

Female Other 3,189 3,426 3,630 3,598 4,399 4,292 4,173 3,842 3,816 3,562 

Total 158,803 153,008 164,169 169,957 178,769 150,511 149,403 158,258 176,359 171,005 

Source: Bridged-Race Postcensal Population Estimates 2003, U.S. Bureau of the Census 

Calculated based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census 

Gender Race 

Table 1.1: Population, Louisiana, 1945-2003 

Year Population Year Population Year Population 

1945 2,429,000 1965 3,496,000 1985 4,408,118 

1946 2,556,000 1966 3,550,000 1986 4,406,919 

1947 2,579,000 1967 3,581,000 1987 4,344,148 

1948 2,596,000 1968 3,603,000 1988 4,288,863 

1949 2,634,000 1969 3,619,000 1989 4,252,894 

1950 2,697,000 1970 3,644,637 1990 4,219,179 

1951 2,769,000 1971 3,710,487 1991 4,240,150 

1952 2,842,000 1972 3,761,646 1992 4,270,849 

1953 2,866,000 1973 3,788,375 1993 4,284,749 

1954 2,883,000 1974 3,820,109 1994 4,306,500 

1955 2,946,000 1975 3,886,104 1995 4,327,978 

1956 3,032,000 1976 3,950,605 1996 4,338,763 

1957 3,115,000 1977 4,014,459 1997 4,351,390 

1958 3,155,000 1978 4,068,579 1998 4,362,758 

1959 3,208,000 1979 4,137,665 1999 4,372,035 

1960 3,260,000 1980 4,205,900 2000 4,468,976 

1961 3,287,000 1981 4,283,303 2001 4,470,368 

1962 3,345,000 1982 4,352,608 2002 4,482,646 

1963 3,377,000 1983 4,395,316 2003 4,496,334 

1964 3,446,000 1984 4,400,477 

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census 

Table 1.2: Population by Gender, Race, and Age Groups 50-85+, Louisiana, 2003 

50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 


70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ Total 

White 100,055 85,217 65,578 51,281 43,429 34,952 21,460 13,614 1,428,514 

Black 38,736 27,571 19,696 15,500 11,869 8,740 5,579 4,317 704,880 

Male Other 2,787 2,202 1,534 1,067 759 475 253 215 48,938 

Total 141,578 114,990 86,808 67,848 56,057 44,167 27,292 18,146 2,182,332 

White 101,360 87,969 70,889 58,072 55,123 48,851 37,426 33,464 1,478,647 

Female 

Black 

Other 

46,247 

3,129 

33,677 

2,340 

25,743 

1,568 

21,420 

1,143 

17,943 

941 

14,732 

586 

10,381 

345 

10,077 

334 

787,042 

48,313 

Total 150,736 123,986 98,200 80,635 74,007 64,169 48,152 43,875 2,314,002 



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Subgroup estimates, expressed as a percentage of the total population, indicate that population compositions for Louisiana and 

the United States are very similar in the distribution of sex and age (Table1.3). For both the state and the nation, the largest age 

group is 20-44 years, and the smallest age group is 85 years and above. 

Table 1.3: Percent* of Total Population by Gender and Age Group 

Louisiana and United States, 2003 

Gender 


Gender 

Male 

Female 

Race 

Table 1.5: Percent Distribution by Race and Gender, Within Age Groups 50-85+ 

Louisiana, 2003 


50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ Total 

White 34.2 35.7 35.4 34.5 33.4 32.3 28.4 22.0 31.8 

Black 13.3 11.5 10.6 10.4 9.1 8.1 7.4 7.0 15.7 

Other 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.1 

Total 48.4 48.1 46.9 45.7 43.1 40.8 36.2 29.3 48.5 

White 34.7 36.8 38.3 39.1 42.4 45.1 49.6 54.0 32.9 

Black 15.8 14.1 13.9 14.4 13.8 13.6 13.8 16.2 17.5 

Other 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.1 

Total 51.6 51.9 53.1 54.3 56.9 59.2 63.8 70.7 51.5 



2003 population estimates for each of Louisiana's 64 parishes (counties) show the distribution of the total population across the 

state. Parish-level populations are shown in table 1.6. 

Table 1.6: Population Counts by Parish 


Parish 2003 Parish 

Estimate 

Parish 2003 Parish 

Estimate 

Acadia 59,165 Madison 13,091 

Allen 25,334 Morehouse 30,520 

Ascension 81,388 Natchitoches 39,328 

Assumption 23,291 Orleans 469,271 

Avoyelles 42,287 Ouachita 148,112 

Beauregard 33,190 Plaquemines 28,049 

Bienville 15,580 Pointe Coupee 22,114 

Bossier 102,088 Rapides 127,184 

Caddo 254,216 Red River 9,556 

Calcasieu 184,693 Richland 20,151 

Caldwell 10,715 Sabine 23,635 

Cameron 9,717 St. Bernard 66,172 

Catahoula 10,717 St. Charles 48,351 

Claiborne 16,428 St. Helena 10,500 

Concordia 19,995 St. James 21,139 

DeSoto 25,490 St. John 44,053 

East Baton Rouge 416,881 St. Landry 89,128 

East Carroll 9,005 St. Martin 49,294 

East Feliciana 20,940 St. Mary 52,403 

Evangeline 35,180 St. Tammany 202,203 

Franklin 20,848 Tangipahoa 102,078 

Grant 18,905 Tensas 6,252 

Iberia 73,842 Terrebonne 106,823 

Iberville 32,842 Union 22,330 

Jackson 15,591 Vermilion 54,274 

Jefferson 456,779 Vernon 51,959 

Jefferson Davis 30,826 Washington 43,634 

Lafayette 194,408 Webster 41,441 

Lafourche 91,034 West Baton Rouge 21,738 

LaSalle 14,349 West Carroll 12,208 

Lincoln 42,882 West Feliciana 15,177 

Livingston 99,109 Winn 16,453 

Source: Louisiana Technical University, Research Division, July 2003. 

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INTRODUCTION 

LIVE BIRTHS 

Live birth is a product of conception that shows any sign of life after delivery, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. Signs of 

life include breathing, heartbeat, pulsation of the umbilical cord, definite movement of voluntary muscles, or any other evidence 

of life, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. The terms “live birth” and “birth” are used 

interchangeably in this chapter. 

Birth certificates serve as legal records of birth and identification. They also provide surveillance data used to monitor fertility 

trends, population composition and growth, and patterns in prenatal and postnatal conditions that affect the immediate and 

future health of newborns and mothers. Information monitored through birth surveillance includes adequacy of prenatal care, 

obstetric procedures, complications during delivery, method of delivery, and infant birthweight. Examination of surveillance data 

helps identify mothers and infants at high risk of poor outcomes and enables effective targeting of research, educational efforts, 

and services to reduce this risk. 

Source of Data: Certificate of Live Birth 

The birth section of this report is based on live births that occurred to Louisiana residents during the 2003 calendar year. The 

Certificate of Live Birth is the source document for these data. All original birth certificates are routed to the Vital Records 

Registry in New Orleans. Birth attendants, usually physicians or licensed midwives are responsible for recording the required 

information on birth certificates. Louisiana law requires that the birthing facility or attendant send the original birth record to the 

Vital Records Registry within fifteen days of the birth and that the identities of persons included in the birth registry are kept 

confidential. 

Unless otherwise noted, all statistics reported here are for births to Louisiana residents, regardless of the state in which the birth 

occurred. The Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, a nationwide system of information interchange among all states and 

territories, makes possible the reporting of out-of-state births to Louisiana residents. As a result of the 1991 implementation of 

Louisiana’s Electronic Birth Certificate (EBC) program, approximately 85% of all births are reported electronically by the hospital 

at which the birth occurred. Matching of infant death certificates with the corresponding birth certificates estimates that birth 

registration in Louisiana is approximately 97% complete. (1) 

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BIRTH COUNTS AND RATES 

Number of Births 

In the year 2003, there were 64,689 live births to Louisiana residents (Figure 2.1, Table 2.1). 

Crude Birth Rate 

Changes in crude birth rates reflect changes in the number and age distribution of women of childbearing age. Because crude 

birth rates relate the number of live births to the total population in an area, without regard to the age or sex distribution of the 

population, they are useful in projecting population changes in the area. 

Louisiana’s 2003 crude birth rate was 14.4 live births per 1,000 population. The national rate was 14.1(Figure 2.2, Table 2.1) (2) . 

Births in thousand 

Rate per 1,000 population 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

Figure 2.1: Number of Births and Crude Birth Rates, 

Louisiana, 1958-2003 

0 

0.0 

1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 

Figure 2.2: Crude Birth Rates, 

Louisiana and United States,1958-2003 

35.0 

30.0 

25.0 

20.0 

15.0 

10.0 

5.0 

0.0 

1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. 

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35.0 

30.0 

25.0 

20.0 

15.0 

10.0 

5.0 


LA 

USA 

Number 

Rate


Fertility Rates 

Year 

Table 2.1: Number of Live Births, Crude Birth Rates, and Percent Changes, 

Louisiana and United States, 1984-2003 

Number 

% change from 

previous year 

Louisiana United States 

Rate+ % change from 

previous year 

Number 

% change from 

previous year 

Rate+ % change from 

previous year 

1984 81,428 -1.2 18.3 -1.6 3,669,141 0.8 15.6 0.0 

1985 81,401 0.0 18.1 -1.1 3,760,561 0.8 15.8 1.3 

1986 77,944 -4.2 17.3 -4.4 3,756,547 -0.1 15.6 -1.3 

1987 73,952 -5.1 16.6 -4.0 3,809,394 1.4 15.7 0.6 

1988 73,887 -0.1 16.7 0.6 3,909,510 2.6 16.0 1.9 

1989 72,639 -1.7 16.6 -0.6 4,040,958 3.4 16.4 2.4 

1990 72,121 -0.7 17.1 3.0 4,158,212 2.9 16.7 1.8 

1991 72,080 -0.1 17.0 -0.6 4,110,907 -1.1 16.3 -2.5 

1992 70,502 -2.2 16.4 -3.5 4,065,014 -1.1 15.9 -2.5 

1993 69,328 -1.7 16.1 -1.8 4,000,240 -1.6 15.5 -2.6 

1994 67,802 -2.2 15.7 -2.5 3,952,767 -1.2 15.2 -2.0 

1995 65574 -3.3 14.7 -6.4 3,899,589 -1.3 14.8 -2.7 

1996 65,186 -0.6 15.0 2.0 3,891,494 -0.2 14.7 -0.7 

1997 65,947 1.2 15.2 1.3 3,880,894 -0.3 14.5 -1.4 

1998 66,773 1.3 15.3 0.7 3,941,553 1.6 14.6 0.7 

1999 67,034 0.4 15.3 0.0 3,959,417 0.5 14.5 -0.7 

2000 67,843 1.2 15.2 -0.7 4,058,814 2.5 14.4 -0.7 

2001 65,193 -3.9 14.6 -3.9 4,025,933 -0.8 14.1 -2.1 

2002 64,755 -0.7 14.4 -1.4 4,021,726 -0.1 13.9 -1.4 

2003 64,689 -0.1 14.4 0.0 4,089,950 1.7 14.1 1.4 

+ Rate per 1,000 population. 


Fertility rates are based solely on women in their prime childbearing years, considered for calculation purposes to be 15-44 

years of age. They are more useful than crude birth rates in controlling for differences in age-distribution among women who 

give birth and are useful for comparisons of fertility among age, racial, and socioeconomic groups. In the last half-century, 

Louisiana and the United States have followed a similar fertility pattern, with a trend toward declining fertility rates. In 2003, the 

Louisiana fertility rate was 65.8 and the United States rate was 66.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years. (3) 

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Table 2.2: Crude Birth Rates, Fertility Rates, and Age-Specific Birth Rates 


Age-Specific Birth Rate 2 Year 

Crude Birth 

Rate 

by Maternal Age Group 

+ 

Fertility 

Rate 1 

Less than 15 * 15-19 Less than 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 ** 

1984 18.3 76.5 2.4 71.6 38.6 130.8 116.5 64.9 22.3 4.2 0.3 

1985 18.1 76.4 2.2 72.4 38.8 131.3 117.2 66.2 23.0 4.0 0.2 

1986 17.3 73.3 2.4 68.0 36.8 128.7 114.3 64.1 23.0 4.0 0.2 

1987 16.6 70.8 2.2 66.7 35.8 126.4 111.3 63.9 22.6 4.2 0.2 

1988 16.7 72.2 2.2 68.4 36.2 129.8 116.0 65.8 23.8 4.4 0.2 

1989 16.6 71.9 2.4 70.9 36.9 130.9 115.9 66.6 23.9 4.4 0.2 

1990 17.1 71.6 2.4 74.7 38.5 132.7 114.7 66.0 25.6 4.1 0.2 

1991 17.0 71.6 2.6 75.9 38.3 133.1 117.0 66.4 25.7 4.3 0.2 

1992 16.4 70.1 2.3 75.9 38.0 129.7 114.6 66.9 24.8 4.2 0.2 

1993 16.1 69.0 2.4 75.8 38.2 127.0 112.1 68.3 25.0 4.6 0.2 

1994 15.7 67.6 2.3 74.4 37.8 122.4 110.1 69.9 25.6 4.9 0.1 

1995 14.7 65.4 2.0 70.0 36.0 117.8 108.4 69.8 26.0 4.7 0.2 

1996 15.0 64.9 2.2 67.0 35.4 118.2 107.2 71.3 26.7 5.1 0.2 

1997 15.2 65.6 1.8 66.1 35.4 120.7 110.0 73.2 27.0 5.0 0.3 

1998 15.3 66.6 1.9 65.2 35.4 124.4 111.2 74.3 28.6 4.7 0.2 

1999 15.3 67.6 1.6 62.6 33.9 126.0 114.4 77.7 29.5 5.2 0.2 

2000 15.2 67.4 1.6 62.0 32.8 132.5 111.3 75.4 28.6 5.2 0.2 

2001 14.6 65.5 1.3 58.1 30.5 124.2 109.4 74.1 29.1 5.5 0.3 

2002 14.4 65.3 1.5 57.8 30.3 120.7 107.8 74.7 29.1 5.5 0.2 

2003 14.4 65.8 1.1 55.6 28.8 118.8 111.1 75.5 30.7 5.2 0.3 

+ Rate per 1,000 population. 1 Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44. 2 Rate per 1,000 women in age group. * Numerator = all live births to mothers under 15 years 

of age; Denominator = female population 10-14 years of age. ** Numerator = all live births to mothers 45 and older; Denominator = female population 45-49 

years of age. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

MATERNAL PROFILE 

Age of Mother 

Reflecting a decrease in birth rates among women under 30 years of age, overall birth and fertility rates have declined in the 

state since the 1980s. For women between the ages of 30 and 39 years, however, the birth rates have increased, thus 

suggesting a preference among women in that age group to delay having children until the latter part of their childbearing years 

(see Tables 2.2 and 2.3). This behavior among women in their 30s is comparable to national trends in age-specific birth rates in 

the past decade. 

Table 2.3: First Birth Rates + by Maternal Age 


Maternal Age Group 

15-44 15-44 

Year 

Less than 15 * 

15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 


1994 2.3 55.0 54.6 35.3 15.1 4.2 0.7 27.2 27.5 

1995 1.9 53.3 52.6 36.6 15.8 4.4 0.7 27.0 27.3 

1996 2.1 50.8 52.0 36.9 16.9 4.4 0.8 26.7 26.8 

1997 1.8 50.4 51.5 36.8 17.2 4.9 0.8 26.7 26.5 

1998 1.8 50.0 51.9 35.8 17.5 5.3 0.7 26.8 26.4 

1999 1.6 47.7 52.2 37.5 18.4 5.3 0.9 27.0 26.6 

2000 1.6 47.4 53.9 31.9 18.6 6.1 0.9 26.5 26.5 

2001 1.3 43.7 53.8 32.7 17.2 5.0 0.9 25.3 26.0 

2002 1.5 43.9 52.7 33.3 17.6 5.1 1.0 25.5 25.8 

2003 1.1 42.5 51.1 34.3 17.7 5.4 1.0 25.4 26.5 

+ * 

First birth per 1,000 women in specified age group. Numerator = all live births to mothers under 15 years of age; 

Denominator = female population 10-14 years of age. 


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Birth Order 

The first-birth rate measures the number of first births to mothers in a particular age group. The rate is calculated by dividing 

the number of first births to mothers in a particular age group by the total female population in that age group, then multiplying 

the quotient by 1,000. It is expressed as the number of first births per 1,000 women in that age group. First-birth rates are 

helpful in assessing changes over time in the age at which women begin bearing children. 

Counts of 2003 live births by birth order are presented in the following table. 

Birth Order 

ALL 

Race Total Less 

than 15 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

Table 2.4: Number of Live Births by Birth Order, Age and Race of Mother 



15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 

& Older Unk. 

Percent of 

Live Births 

Mean 

Age of 

Mother 

Median 


Mother 

ALL +++ 64689 183 9452 21240 16716 11281 4851 909 54 **** 100.0 25.7 24.4 

WHITE 37066 31 3899 10851 10423 7923 3317 586 34 **** 57.3 26.7 25.7 

BLACK 26024 150 5444 10037 5825 2909 1348 291 19 **** 40.2 24.1 22.5 

ALL 25405 180 7362 9034 5077 2697 879 170 6 0 39.3 23.2 21.7 

WHITE 15292 31 3235 5340 3792 2107 663 121 **** 0 23.6 24.4 23.0 

BLACK 9464 147 4038 3514 1092 458 168 44 **** 0 14.6 21.2 19.8 

ALL 20952 **** 1742 7256 5887 4241 1576 238 9 0 32.4 26.4 25.6 

WHITE 12809 0 577 3782 3946 3208 1133 156 7 0 19.8 27.4 26.8 

BLACK 7613 **** 1147 3357 1782 870 378 74 **** 0 11.8 24.5 22.9 

ALL 11194 0 302 3412 3451 2537 1271 207 14 0 17.3 27.7 26.8 

WHITE 6084 0 78 1339 1897 1722 903 135 10 0 9.4 29.0 28.6 

BLACK 4841 0 222 2031 1472 722 327 64 **** 0 7.5 26.0 24.7 

ALL 4358 0 34 1145 1431 1053 571 120 **** 0 6.7 28.6 27.7 

WHITE 1970 0 **** 316 604 610 358 75 **** 0 3.0 30.2 29.8 

BLACK 2285 0 30 818 800 407 190 39 **** 0 3.5 27.0 25.7 

ALL 1526 0 5 291 506 393 245 76 10 0 2.4 29.8 28.8 

WHITE 528 0 0 58 119 175 125 46 5 0 0.8 32.0 31.7 

BLACK 971 0 5 232 383 203 117 26 5 0 1.5 28.5 27.0 

ALL 648 0 **** 71 223 182 133 33 5 0 1.0 30.8 29.8 

WHITE 202 0 0 5 40 64 71 19 **** 0 0.3 33.7 33.7 

BLACK 433 0 **** 66 181 111 59 13 **** 0 0.7 29.4 28.5 

ALL 284 0 0 12 86 84 79 20 **** 0 0.4 32.3 31.8 

WHITE 75 0 0 **** 9 25 28 11 **** 0 0.1 34.8 34.7 

BLACK 206 0 0 11 76 58 50 9 **** 0 0.3 31.3 30.6 

ALL 124 0 0 **** 30 45 33 14 0 0 0.2 33.2 32.6 

WHITE 33 0 0 0 **** 6 14 9 0 0 0.1 36.4 35.9 

BLACK 87 0 0 **** 26 37 17 5 0 0 0.1 31.9 30.8 

ALL 68 0 0 0 7 24 24 13 0 0 0.1 35.1 34.9 

WHITE 14 0 0 0 0 **** 6 7 0 0 0.0 39.3 39.7 

BLACK 54 0 0 0 7 23 18 6 0 0 0.1 34.1 33.6 

+++ All Races contains white, black and other. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

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Race of Mother 

Of the 64,689 births to Louisiana residents, 37,066 (57.3%) were to white mothers, 26,024 (40.2%) to black mothers, and 1,599 

(2.5%) to mothers of other races (Table 2.5). 

Race 

Less than 

15 

**** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

Table 2.6: Crude Birth Rates + , Fertility Rates 1 , and Age-Specific Birth Rates 2 by Maternal Race 


Age-Specific Birth Rates 2 Race 

Crude 

Rates 

by Maternal Age Group 

+ 

Fertility 

Rates 1 Less than 

3 

15 

15-19 Under 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-494 

All Races 14.4 65.8 1.1 55.6 28.8 118.8 111.1 75.5 30.7 5.2 0.3 

White 12.7 61.3 0.3 40.2 57.1 102.4 115.2 83.4 33.0 5.1 0.3 

Black 17.4 73.3 2.2 78.5 73.3 146.8 104.5 57.9 25.1 5.1 0.3 

Other 1.6 66.3 0.1 3.0 4.9 80.0 10.9 10.8 4.8 0.8 0.0 


1 Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-44. 

2 Rate per 1,000 women in corresponding age group. 

3 Numerator = all live births to mothers under 15 years of age; denominator = female population 10-14 years of age. 

4 Numerator = all live births to mothers 45 -54; denominator = female population 45-49 years of age. 


Teen and Pre-Teen Births 

Table 2.5: Number of Live Births by Maternal Age and Race 

Louisiana 2003 


15-19 Under 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 & older All ages 

All 

(Excluding 

Unknown) 

All Races 183 9452 9635 21240 16716 11281 4851 909 54 64689 64686 

White 31 3899 3930 10851 10423 7923 3317 586 34 37066 37064 

Black 150 5444 5594 10037 5825 2909 1348 291 19 26024 26023 

Other **** 109 111 352 468 449 186 32 **** 1599 1599 

A teen birth is defined as a birth to a woman aged 13 to 19 years of age. A pre-teen birth is a birth to a woman younger than 

13 years old. Despite an overall decrease in teen and pre-teen birth rates over the last two decades, teenage and pre-teenage 

pregnancies continue to present challenges to health initiatives nationwide. Most pre-teen and teen births are unintended, and 

the educational attainment of mothers younger than 20 years of age is limited. In addition to the social repercussions, pre-teen 

and teen pregnancy and childbearing have important health consequences for the young mother as well as her baby: mothers 

under 20 years of age are less likely to receive timely prenatal care and pre-teens and teens are more likely to smoke during 

pregnancy than women over 20 years of age. These factors, combined with the fact that pre-teenage and teenage mothers are 

less likely to finish high school, contribute to the high proportion of women living in poverty who first gave birth during 

adolescence. 

There were 9,635 live births to Louisiana residents under the age of 20 years in the year 2003 (see Table 2.5 above). As in the 

United States overall, birth rates in Louisiana for the 15-19 years age group have been declining during the 1990s and continued 

to fall until 2001. The teenage birth rate for the state dropped to 55.6 per 1,000 in 2003, while the rate for the United States 

decreased to 41.6 the same year (Table 2.7). 

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Table 2.7: Teenage Birth Rates 1 (maternal age group 15-19 

years), Louisiana and United States, 1994-2003 

Year Louisiana U.S 

1994 74.4 58.9 

1995 70.0 56.8 

1996 67.0 54.4 

1997 66.1 52.3 

1998 65.2 51.1 

1999 62.6 49.6 

2000 62.0 47.7 

2001 56.7 45.3 

2002 57.8 43.0 

2003 55.6 41.6 

1 Rate per 1,000 women in corresponding age group. 

Sources: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

National Vital Statistics Report, Vol.54, No.2, September 8, 2005. 

The birth rates for women aged 15-19 from different races are presented in Table 2.8. 

Table 2.8: Teens and Pre-Teens: Age-specific 

Birth Rates + by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003 

Maternal 

Maternal Race 

Age Group White Black Other 

Less than 15 0.3 2.2 -- 

15-17 17.6 48.0 17.7 

18-19 73.0 120.6 49.1 

15-19 40.2 78.5 30.3 

+ 

Rate per 1,000 women in race and age group. 

-- Count is less than 20, making the calculated rate unreliable. 


Relative to mothers of all ages, teenage and pre-teenage mothers were less likely to enter prenatal care within the first trimester 

of pregnancy (Table 2.9). 

Table 2.9: Teens and Pre-Teens: Number and Percents of 

Live Births to Mothers Entering Prenatal Care in the 

First Trimester, by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003 

White 

Maternal Race 

Black All Races +++ 

Maternal Age 

Group 

Number Percent + Number Percent + 

Number Percent + 

Less than 15 25 80.6 70 46.7 97 53.0 

15 71 70.3 165 56.5 238 60.1 

16 198 78.3 361 57.5 564 63.4 

17 514 78.0 682 67.3 1212 71.3 

18 1000 80.8 1075 68.1 2090 73.6 

19 1317 79.9 1375 71.1 2722 75.0 

15-19 3100 79.5 3658 67.2 6826 72.2 

+ Percent of live births entering prenatal care in first trimester in age and race group. 

+++ All Races includes white, black and other. 


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Teenagers and pre-teenagers were also more likely to give birth to low birthweight infants, with 13.0% of live births to women 

15 -19 years of age being low birthweight (Table 2.10). 

Education 

Three-quarters (77.8%) of Louisiana’s live births in 2003 occurred to mothers with at least a high school education. When 

examined by race, 69.4% of black infants, and 83.4% of white infants, were born to mothers with at least a high school level 

education (Table 2.11). 

Table 2.11: Number and Percent of Live Births by Maternal Education and Race 


Maternal Race 

White Black Other All Races +++ 

Education Level 





No high school 1215 3.3 917 3.5 110 6.9 2242 3.5 

Some high school 4905 13.2 7019 27.0 218 13.6 12142 18.8 

High school graduate 12593 34.0 10441 40.1 523 32.7 23557 36.4 

Some college 7824 21.1 5247 20.2 287 17.9 13358 20.6 

College graduate 10490 28.3 2376 9.1 461 28.8 13327 20.6 

Known Total 37027 100.0 26000 100.0 1599 100.0 64626 100.0 

+ May not sum to 100% due to rounding. 

+++ All Races includes white, black and other. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

Marital Status 

Maternal Age 

Table 2.10: Teens and Pre-Teens: Number and Percent of Live Births 

Under 2500 Grams by Maternal Race and Selected Age, Louisiana, 2003 

Maternal Race 

White Black All Races +++ 




Less than 15 **** 12.9 28 18.7 32 17.5 

15 13 12.9 57 19.5 70 17.7 

16 29 11.5 102 16.2 132 14.8 

17 68 10.3 151 14.9 219 12.9 

18 122 9.9 238 15.1 360 12.7 

19 145 8.8 295 15.3 444 12.2 

15-19 377 9.7 843 15.5 1225 13.0 

+ Percent of live births


Table 2.12: Percent + of Live Births to Unmarried Mothers by Maternal Age and Race 


Maternal 

Race 

Less 

than 15 


15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 

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40 & 

Older 

All Ages 

All Races 99.5 87.9 62.0 34.0 19.7 19.8 21.5 47.5 

White 96.8 75.8 41.8 17.2 9.8 11.0 12.4 28.4 

Black 100.0 96.8 84.3 65.2 47.8 43.2 41.0 76.0 

Other 100.0 78.0 49.4 19.9 13.6 6.5 -- 26.9 

-- Count is less than 20, making the calculated rate unreliable. 

+ Percent of live births in the specified maternal age group. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

Table 2.13: Percent + of Live Births to Unmarried Mothers by Maternal Age 

Louisiana and the United States, 1999-2003 

Year 

Less 

15-19 

than 15 

Louisiana: Maternal Age Group 

20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 

40 & 

Older 

All Less 

Ages than 15 

15-19 

United States: Maternal Age Group 

20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 

40 & 

Older 

All Ages 

1999 99.6 84.7 57.5 27.4 18.5 19.8 22.1 44.8 96.5 78.7 48.5 22.9 14.0 14.4 16.5 33.0 

2000 98.9 85.2 59.2 29.0 17.9 20.3 21.8 45.6 96.5 78.8 49.5 23.5 14.0 14.5 16.8 33.2 

2001 99.1 86.7 60.5 30.5 18.5 19.1 24.0 46.3 96.3 78.9 50.4 24.4 14.3 14.4 17.1 33.5 

2002 99.2 86.7 61.7 31.7 18.4 19.9 22.1 47.0 97.0 80.0 51.6 25.3 14.6 14.5 17.3 34.0 

2003 99.5 87.9 62.0 34.0 19.7 19.8 21.7 47.5 97.1 81.3 53.2 26.4 15.1 14.8 17.9 34.6 

++ Percent of live births in the specified maternal age group. Sources: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. 

Prenatal Care 

Racial differences with regard to the entry into prenatal care were observed in both Louisiana and the United States. 

Table 2.14: Percent of Live Births to Women Entering Prenatal Care 

in the 1 st Trimester of Pregnancy by Maternal Race 


Maternal Race Louisiana United States 

All Races +++ 

Sources: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

84.1 84.1 

White 90.1 85.7 

Black 75.5 75.9 

+++ All Races includes white, black and other. 

Sources: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. National Center for Health Statistics. 

Table 2.15: Percent of Women Delivering Live Births Receiving Adequate Prenatal Care by 

Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 

Maternal 

Race 

All Ages 

Less than 

15 


15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ 

All Races +++ 80.1 47.0 67.2 75.8 85.5 88.7 86.3 83.0 67.9 

White 86.8 67.7 75.5 82.7 90.3 92.1 90.4 89.6 75.8 

Black 70.3 42.0 61.5 68.2 77.0 79.6 76.0 68.6 52.6


In Louisiana, adequacy of prenatal care is measured by a modified Kessner index (see Technical Notes). This index defines 

prenatal care as adequate if the first prenatal visit occurred in the first trimester of pregnancy, and if the total number of visits 

was appropriate to the gestational age of the baby at birth. However, because these measures assess neither the quality nor 

the content of prenatal care, they must be recognized only as estimates of the actual adequacy of the care received. 

Table 2.16: Percents of Live Births to Women Entering Prenatal Care in the 

First Trimester of Pregnancy, Louisiana and the United States, 1994-2003 

Year Louisiana United States 

1994 79.2 80.2 

1995 80.7 81.3 

1996 81.1 81.9 

1997 81.3 82.5 

1998 82.3 82.8 

1999 82.9 83.2 

2000 83.3 83.2 

2001 83.2 83.4 

2002 83.7 83.7 

2003 84.1 84.1 

Sources: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics. 

Note: Women with multiple births are counted once. In 2003, 63,674 women in Louisiana had at least one live birth. 

+++ All races include white, black, and other. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

In Louisiana, the percentage of live births to mothers entering prenatal care in the first trimester has increased steadily since the 

early 1990s (Table 2.17), a trend that has been noticed in the United States as well. 

Table 2.17: Percents + of Live Births by Initiation of Prenatal Care, Maternal Age, and Maternal Race 


Trimester of Prenatal Care Initiation 

Maternal 

Age 

Group All 

+++ 

Races 

No Care 

White Black 

First Trimester 

All 

+++ White Black 

Races 

Second Trimester 

All 


Races 

Third Trimester 

All 


Races 

Under 20 1.9 0.9 2.6 72.0 79.7 66.8 22.2 16.8 25.8 3.9 2.6 4.9 

20-24 1.5 0.7 2.3 80.5 86.4 73.9 15.7 11.5 20.4 2.3 1.4 3.3 

25-29 1.1 0.4 2.3 88.9 92.9 81.8 8.7 5.9 13.5 1.3 0.7 2.4 

30-34 1.0 0.4 3.0 91.6 94.8 83.3 6.3 4.3 11.7 1.0 0.6 2.0 

35-39 1.5 0.6 3.8 90.2 93.7 80.9 7.4 5.2 13.4 0.9 0.5 1.9 

40 & 

Older 

1.9 0.8 4.2 85.8 92.2 72.2 10.6 6.5 19.3 1.7 0.5 4.2 

All Ages 1.4 0.6 2.5 84.1 90.1 75.5 12.5 8.3 18.7 2.0 1.1 3.2 

+ Percent of live births in specified maternal age and race group. 

+++ All Races includes white, black and other. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

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In Louisiana, blacks were less likely than whites to enter into prenatal care in the first trimester, as shown in Table 2.18. 

Table 2.18: Rates + of Selected Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy by Maternal Race and Age 


Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy 

The birth attendant records medical risk factors on the birth certificate by checking any of 16 listed risk factors, or by specifying 

“other” or “none”. Multiple risk factors can be recorded on a birth certificate. 

Medical risk factors reported on the birth certificate differed somewhat by age, with very young mothers and older mothers 

reporting the highest rates of medical risks. 

Table 2.19: Counts 1 of Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy by Maternal Age and Race 


Medical Risk Factor 

No medical risk factor noted 

Anemia (HCT


Table 2.19: Counts 1 of Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy by Maternal Age and Race (Continued) 



Acute or chronic lung disease 

Diabetes 

Genital herpes 

Hydramnios/Oligohydramnios 

Hemoglobinopathy 

Hypertension, chronic 

Hypertension, pregnancy 

associated 

Eclampsia 

Incompetent cervix 

Previous infant >= 4000 grams 

Previous preterm or small 

for gestational age infant 

Renal Disease 

Rh Sensitization 


than 15 

15 16 17 18 


19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + Unk. 

All 71 0 0 **** **** **** 5 13 21 22 11 **** **** 0 0 

White 39 0 0 0 0 **** **** 6 8 14 9 **** 0 0 0 

Black 32 0 0 **** **** **** **** 7 13 8 **** **** **** 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 1028 0 0 **** 10 14 24 50 204 306 283 144 39 **** 0 

White 628 0 0 0 6 8 13 27 122 184 179 89 25 **** 0 

Black 369 0 0 **** **** 6 11 23 82 114 90 48 12 0 0 

Other 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 7 **** 0 0 

All 304 0 0 **** 10 14 12 40 81 93 62 25 **** 0 0 

White 187 0 0 **** **** **** 8 19 41 56 49 19 **** 0 0 

Black 114 0 0 **** 6 10 **** 21 40 35 12 6 0 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

All 624 **** **** 16 27 36 40 123 194 173 85 37 8 **** 0 

White 289 0 **** **** 7 12 20 41 81 93 50 19 **** **** 0 

Black 319 **** **** 15 17 24 20 79 110 72 33 18 **** **** 0 

Other 16 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 8 **** 0 0 0 0 

All 12 0 0 **** **** **** 0 5 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

White 6 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

Black 6 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 533 0 0 **** **** 6 6 16 88 172 137 94 23 **** 0 

White 213 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 30 80 55 34 9 **** 0 

Black 314 0 0 **** **** **** 5 12 57 90 80 59 14 **** 0 

Other 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

All 2040 7 17 37 45 98 136 333 620 511 374 159 34 **** 0 

White 1196 **** **** 9 18 45 61 135 338 338 262 104 17 **** 0 

Black 813 6 15 27 27 52 75 196 273 167 103 50 17 **** 0 

Other 31 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 9 6 9 5 0 0 0 

All 409 8 **** 12 11 21 34 82 144 81 63 26 5 0 0 

White 123 0 0 **** **** **** 10 15 38 26 31 9 **** 0 0 

Black 285 8 **** 11 10 18 24 67 106 54 32 17 **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

All 114 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 8 29 32 25 16 **** 0 0 

White 47 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 15 12 7 9 **** 0 0 

Black 66 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 6 14 20 17 7 **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

All 179 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 36 59 46 26 9 **** 0 

White 137 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 19 44 40 22 9 **** 0 

Black 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 14 **** **** 0 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

All 413 0 **** **** **** 7 13 25 141 121 74 41 11 0 0 

White 213 0 0 0 **** **** **** 7 60 68 47 24 7 0 0 

Black 196 0 **** **** **** 5 9 18 80 51 26 17 **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

All 28 **** **** 0 0 5 0 6 9 8 **** **** 0 0 0 

White 19 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 5 5 5 **** 0 0 0 0 

Black 9 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 185 **** 0 0 **** **** 9 16 59 47 42 17 **** **** 0 

White 144 **** 0 0 **** **** 5 8 44 34 39 15 **** **** 0 

Black 40 0 0 0 **** **** **** 8 15 12 **** **** 0 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

Table 2.19 continues on the next page 

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Table 2.19: Counts 1 of Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy by Maternal Age and Race (Continued) 



Uterine bleeding 

Other 

Unknown medical risk factor 


than 15 

15 16 17 18 


19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + Unk. 

All 162 **** **** **** **** 8 6 20 54 46 26 9 5 0 0 

White 103 0 **** **** **** **** **** 11 31 29 22 7 **** 0 0 

Black 57 **** **** 0 **** **** **** 9 23 16 **** **** **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

All 10931 60 106 216 380 545 638 1885 3490 2694 1697 891 195 19 0 

White 4919 11 19 38 118 171 215 561 1363 1336 995 533 108 12 0 

Black 5793 49 86 178 256 367 411 1298 2084 1298 651 323 83 7 0 

Other 219 0 **** 0 6 7 12 26 43 60 51 35 **** 0 0 

All 75 0 0 0 **** **** **** 7 17 12 11 16 6 **** **** 

White 51 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 10 11 6 12 **** **** **** 

Black 23 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 6 **** 5 **** **** **** **** 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 This is a duplicated count. More than one medical risk factor was noted on some birth certificates. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. 63,674 women 

had at least one live birth during the calendar year. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

Tobacco and Alcohol Use during Pregnancy 

Usage of tobacco and alcohol during pregnancy, as reported by the mother at the time of birth, is recorded on the birth 

certificate. Because this information depends on the mother’s recall, it may be subject to inaccuracy. 

Table 2.20: Use of Tobacco and Alcohol during Pregnancy by Maternal Age and Race 



Substance Usage Race Total Less 

than 15 

15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + Unk. 

No tobacco use All 57271 177 375 819 1548 2507 3173 8422 18360 14903 10238 4341 784 46 0 

White 31589 28 85 202 536 967 1304 3094 8744 9112 7122 2952 507 30 0 

Black 24185 148 287 609 987 1517 1831 5231 9296 5348 2687 1211 249 15 0 

Other 1497 **** **** 8 25 23 38 97 320 443 429 178 28 **** 0 

Tobacco use All 6291 6 19 58 143 299 423 942 2583 1488 779 387 102 **** 0 

White 4805 **** 15 47 120 252 333 767 1979 1103 610 278 64 **** 0 

Black 1412 **** **** 11 21 44 83 163 577 370 157 104 36 **** 0 

Other 74 **** 0 0 **** **** 7 12 27 15 12 5 **** 0 0 

Unknown tobacco use All 112 0 **** 0 **** 6 **** 12 32 23 16 17 6 **** **** 

White 71 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 7 19 17 9 11 **** **** **** 

Black 40 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 12 6 7 6 **** **** **** 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

No alcohol use All 63362 183 395 875 1690 2802 3589 9351 20907 16354 10956 4684 877 50 0 

White 36288 31 101 248 655 1215 1632 3851 10710 10197 7694 3207 567 31 0 

Black 25505 150 291 619 1008 1561 1912 5391 9850 5700 2822 1294 280 18 0 

Other 1569 **** **** 8 27 26 45 109 347 457 440 183 30 **** 0 

Alcohol use All 207 0 0 **** **** 5 7 15 38 42 61 42 9 0 0 

White 112 0 0 **** **** 5 5 12 15 20 38 23 **** 0 0 

Black 93 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 23 21 22 19 5 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

Unknown alcohol use All 105 0 0 0 **** 5 **** 10 30 18 16 19 6 **** **** 

White 65 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 17 15 9 11 **** **** **** 

Black 39 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 12 **** 7 8 **** **** **** 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Note: Based on a count of women giving birth rather than the total number of live births. 63,674 women had at least one live birth during 2003. 


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NEWBORN PROFILE 

Gender 

Louisiana’s male/female birth ratio was 1.046, which means that 1,046 males were born for every 1,000 females. By race, the 

male/female ratios were 1.042 for whites, 1.053 for blacks, and 1.037 for other races (Table 2.21). 

Birthweight 

Table 2.21: Counts of Live Births by Infant Gender and Maternal Race 


Infant 

Maternal Race 

Gender White Black Other Total 

Male 18912 13346 814 33072 

Female 18154 12678 785 31617 

Ratio (M:F) 1.042 1.053 1.037 1.046 


A low birthweight infant is defined as an infant weighing less than 2500 grams (5 pounds, 8 ounces) at birth. Mortality and 

morbidity are increased among infants born at term whose birth weights are at or below the third percentile for their gestational 

age. (4) Preterm infants who have a lower than normal birth weight are at higher risk of experiencing neurological problems, 

respiratory and gastrointestinal disorders, developmental problems, and slowed growth. (5) 

Low birthweight has been linked to several preventable factors, including lack of prenatal care, maternal smoking, use of alcohol 

and other drugs, and pregnancy before the age of 18 years. Other risk factors for low birthweight include low socioeconomic 

level, low maternal weight gain, low pregnancy weight, first birth status, female sex, short maternal stature, prior low birthweight 

births, maternal illnesses, fetal infections, and a variety of metabolic and genetic disorders. Low birthweight infants who survive 

are more likely than normal weight infants to have brain damage, lung and liver disease, developmental problems, subnormal 

growth, and other adverse health conditions. The effects of low birthweight follow these infants throughout life, increasing their 

likelihood of physical, intellectual and behavioral difficulties. (6) Over time, higher proportions of low birthweight infants are 

enrolled in special education classes relative to their normal birthweight counterparts. (7) 

The percentages of live births weighing less than 2500 grams in Louisiana and the United States from 1994 to 2003 are 

presented in Table 2.22. 

Table 2.22: Percent of Live Births Less Than 2500 Grams 

Louisiana and United States 1994-2003 

Year Louisiana United States 

1994 9.6 7.3 

1995 9.7 7.3 

1996 9.9 7.4 

1997 10.2 7.5 

1998 10.1 7.6 

1999 10.0 7.6 

2000 10.6 7.6 

2001 10.5 7.7 

2002 10.5 7.8 

2003 10.7 7.9 

Sources: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics 

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The prevalence of low birthweight births to mothers who had no prenatal care was 26.3%; more than double that of births to 

mothers with prenatal care beginning in the first, second or third trimesters. Among mothers who received prenatal care, 

mothers who entered prenatal care in the second or third trimester had higher percentages of low birth weights than the mothers 

who entered prenatal care in the first trimester (Figure 2.3). 

Percent of live births 

Table 2.23: Percent + of Live Births Less Than 2500 Grams by Maternal Race, 


Race 

35 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

Location 

All Races +++ 

Maternal Race 

White Black 

Louisiana 10.7 7.7 15.0 

United States 7.9 6.9 13.4 

+ Percent of live births in specified race group. +++ All races include White, Black and Other. 


Less 

than 15 

Table 2.24: Percent + of Live Births Less than 2500 Grams 

by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 


15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 -44 

Fig 2.3: Percent of Live Births Less than 2500 grams by 

Trimester of Entry into Prenatal Care, Louisiana, 2003 

No Care First Second Third 

Trimester of entry into prenatal care 

Infants weighing less than 1500 grams at birth (3 lbs. 5 oz.) are considered to be very low birthweight and are at much greater 

risk of mortality and long-term disability than higher weight infants. Although recent medical advances have greatly reduced the 

risk of death for smaller infants, the risk of early death for a very low birthweight infant is about 65 times that of 

infants who weigh at least 500 grams. (8) 

Of all births to Louisiana residents in 2003, 2.2% of infants weighed less than 1500 grams. By comparison, 1.4% of infants 

born nationwide were very low birthweight. (9) As with low birthweight infants, the frequency of very low birthweight babies 

differed by race. Black mothers gave birth to very low birthweight infants almost three times as frequently as white mothers 

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40 and 

over 

All Ages 

All Races +++ 17.5 13.0 10.8 9.4 9.8 11.2 13.9 14.1 10.7 

White 12.9 9.7 7.5 6.9 7.9 7.9 9.9 9.8 7.7 

Black 18.7 15.5 14.4 13.9 15.3 19.5 21.3 22.3 15.0 

+ Percent of live births in specified age and race group. +++ All Races includes White, Black and Other. 


26.3 % 

10.2 % 


12.1 % 

10.9 %


did, at 3.5% compared with 1.2%, respectively (Table 2.25). 

Birth 

Order 

Total 

Table 2.26: Number of Live Births by Live Birth Order and Birthweight 


999 

and 

less 

1000- 

1999 

Table 2.25: Percent + of Live Births Less than 1500 Grams 

by Maternal Age and Race, Louisiana, 2003 


Race 

Less 

than 15 

15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 -44 

40 and 

over 

All Ages 

All Races +++ 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.3 3.5 3.9 2.2 

White 3.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 3.6 3.9 1.2 

Black 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.7 4.2 5.0 3.8 4.5 3.5 

+ Percent of live births in specified age and race group. +++ All Races includes White, Black and Other. 


2000- 

2499 

Birthweight in Grams 

2500- 

2999 

3000- 

3499 


Table 2.27: Number and Percent + of Live Births by Infant Birthweight, Infant Gender, and Maternal Race 


White Black Other 

Weight in Grams 

All Races Male Female Male Female Male Female 

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

Under 500 177 0.27 30 0.16 20 0.11 77 0.58 49 0.39 **** 0.12 0 0.00 

500-749 288 0.45 33 0.17 43 0.24 109 0.82 97 0.77 5 0.61 **** 0.13 

750-999 287 0.44 46 0.24 51 0.28 90 0.67 97 0.77 **** 0.25 **** 0.13 

1000-1499 647 1.00 116 0.61 115 0.63 219 1.64 183 1.44 6 0.74 8 1.02 

1500-1999 1305 2.02 245 1.30 296 1.63 350 2.62 389 3.07 15 1.84 10 1.27 

2000-2499 4211 6.51 836 4.42 1033 5.69 957 7.17 1280 10.10 47 5.77 58 7.39 

2500-2999 13953 21.57 2958 15.64 3825 21.07 3097 23.21 3735 29.46 139 17.08 199 25.35 

3000-3499 25319 39.14 7128 37.69 7542 41.54 5155 38.63 4790 37.78 356 43.73 348 44.33 

3500-3999 14676 22.69 5714 30.21 4207 23.17 2690 20.16 1735 13.69 193 23.71 137 17.45 

4000-4499 3323 5.14 1559 8.24 902 4.97 512 3.84 283 2.23 48 5.90 19 2.42 

4500 and over 490 0.76 244 1.29 116 0.64 87 0.65 37 0.29 **** 0.25 **** 0.51 

Unknown 13 0.02 **** 0.02 **** 0.02 **** 0.02 **** 0.02 0 0.00 0 0.00 

Total 64689 100.00 18912 100.00 18154 100.00 13346 100.00 12678 100.00 814 100.00 785 100.00 

+ Percents may not add to 100 due to rounding. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

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3500- 

3999 

4000- 

4499 

4500 

and 

over 

Weight 

Unknown 

Less 

than 

2500 

Percent 

of Total 

Live 

Births 

ALL 64689 752 1952 4211 13953 25319 14676 3323 490 13 6915 10.69 

1 25405 336 753 1607 5740 10084 5550 1180 152 **** 2696 10.61 

2 20952 202 534 1193 4200 8353 5144 1160 164 **** 1929 9.21 

3 11194 122 334 783 2366 4308 2543 632 105 **** 1239 11.07 

4 4358 51 171 343 1015 1632 892 214 39 **** 565 12.96 

5 1526 21 83 144 342 549 305 68 14 0 248 16.25 

6 648 7 36 68 152 218 131 30 6 0 111 17.13 

7 284 8 20 34 72 84 44 19 **** 0 62 21.83 

8 124 **** 8 16 30 32 25 11 **** 0 25 20.16 

9 68 0 5 8 16 19 12 **** **** 0 13 19.12 

Unk. 68 **** **** 5 11 21 17 **** 0 6 10 14.71


Table 2.28: Number of Live Births by Birthweight, Maternal Age, and Maternal Race 


Maternal Age 

Birthweight in Grams 

Group and 

Race 

Total 499 and 

less 

500- 

749 

750- 

999 

1000- 

1499 

1500- 

1999 

2000- 

2499 

2500- 

2999 

3000- 

3499 

3500- 

3999 

4000- 

4499 

4500 and Unknown 

over 

ALL +++ 64689 177 288 287 647 1305 4211 13953 25319 14676 3323 490 13 

Under 15 183 0 **** **** **** **** 23 49 68 28 6 0 0 

15-19 9452 24 44 64 96 215 782 2596 3650 1669 278 33 **** 

20-24 21240 67 84 88 203 431 1420 4903 8636 4383 897 121 7 

25-29 16716 48 86 63 148 300 929 3310 6627 4097 968 137 **** 

30-34 11281 22 40 49 117 211 671 2037 4271 2986 756 121 0 

35-39 4851 13 27 16 57 117 315 875 1737 1273 350 69 **** 

40-44 909 **** **** 5 20 25 69 175 309 225 65 9 0 

45 and older 54 0 0 **** 5 **** **** 8 21 13 **** 0 0 

Not Stated **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 

White 37066 50 76 97 231 541 1869 6783 14670 9921 2461 360 7 

Under 15 31 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 5 17 **** **** 0 0 

15-19 3899 **** 6 11 24 65 267 925 1553 852 172 20 0 

20-24 10851 17 20 16 62 158 541 2181 4480 2686 611 76 **** 

25-29 10423 14 28 30 55 128 462 1778 4160 2924 734 107 **** 

30-34 7923 10 11 30 49 126 403 1230 3020 2335 610 99 0 

35-39 3317 **** 8 6 26 57 163 560 1218 943 282 51 **** 

40-44 586 **** **** **** 12 6 31 99 206 168 48 7 0 

45 and older 34 0 0 0 **** 0 0 5 16 9 **** 0 0 

Not Stated **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 

Black 26024 126 206 187 402 739 2237 6832 9945 4425 795 124 6 

Under 15 150 0 **** **** **** **** 21 43 50 25 **** 0 0 

15-19 5444 20 37 53 70 149 514 1642 2041 801 103 13 **** 

20-24 10037 49 64 72 135 265 856 2651 4011 1613 273 44 **** 

25-29 5825 34 56 32 91 165 431 1433 2247 1095 213 28 0 

30-34 2909 12 28 18 64 83 239 708 1064 548 124 21 0 

35-39 1348 11 17 9 31 57 138 285 434 287 62 16 **** 

40-44 291 0 **** **** 8 15 36 68 93 51 15 **** 0 

45 and older 19 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 5 **** **** 0 0 

Not Stated **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

+++ All Races includes White, Black and Other. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

Gestational Age 

Gestational age is the interval between the first day of the mother’s last normal menstrual period and the date of birth. 

Gestational age is recorded on the birth certificate by the person attending the birth, who uses several different methods to 

estimate gestational age, including computing the interval between the first day of the mother’s last menstrual period (LMP) and 

the date of birth, or determining a clinical estimate based on examination of the newborn. Standardized methods of 

measurement for determination of gestational age are difficult, especially among at-risk pregnancies in which minimal or no 

prenatal ascertainments have been made. 

Louisiana birth certificates record both the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” and the “Clinical Estimate of Gestation”. LMP is 

subject to error from imperfect maternal recall or misidentification of the last normal menstrual period because of postconception 

bleeding, delayed ovulation, or intervening early miscarriage. Therefore, the attendant’s clinical estimate of 

gestation is used to determine gestational age in this report. 

A birth is considered preterm if the gestational age at delivery is less than 37 weeks. In 2003, there were 109 infants for whom 

no estimate of gestational age was recorded. 

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Table 2.29: Number and Percent of Pre-Term Live Births (Less Than 37 Weeks) by Maternal Age and Race 



Maternal 

Race 

Less than 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & older All Ages 

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent 

All Races +++ 1339 13.9 2615 12.3 2023 12.1 1465 13.0 676 14.0 155 16.3 8273 12.8 

White 456 11.6 1061 9.8 1040 10.0 897 11.3 379 11.5 82 13.4 3915 10.6 

Black 875 15.7 1518 15.2 935 16.1 527 18.2 267 20.0 68 22.3 4190 16.2 

+++ All Races includes White, Black and Other. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. 

Multiple Births 

Out of 64,689 live births to Louisiana residents in 2003, 62,615 (96.8%) were single deliveries, 1,950 (3.0%) were twins, 111 

(0.2%) were triplets, 8 were quadruplets and 5 were quintuplets. 

Apgar Score 

The Apgar score is a composite measure of the physical health of an infant shortly after birth. It is assessed at one and five 

minutes after birth, and is used to predict the infant’s chances of survival. 

Five easily identifiable characteristics – heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color – are each 

assessed on a scale of zero to two, with two being optimal. 

The Apgar score is the sum of these scores; a score of seven or higher (to a maximum of ten) indicates the infant is in good 

physical condition. As the five-minute score is generally considered to be a better predictor of survival, it is the score reported 

here. In 2003, 162 births in Louisiana (0.25%) did not have a recorded five-minute Apgar score. 

Out of 64,689 live births, 98.34% (63,615) infants had a five-minute Apgar score of at least 7. 

Table 2.30: Number and Percent of Births with Five-Minute Apgar Score 

Below Normal by Maternal Race, Louisiana, 2003 

Maternal Race 

White Black Other All Races +++ 

Number 333 559 20 912 

Percent 0.9 2.2 1.3 1.4 


Table 2.31: Number and Percent of Births with Five-Minute Apgar Scores 

Below Normal by Maternal Age, Louisiana, 2003 

Maternal Age 

Less than 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & older All Ages 

Number 172 297 232 123 72 16 912 

Percent 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.4 


Congenital Anomalies 

Congenital anomalies are recorded on the birth certificate by checking any of 22 listed anomalies, or by specifying “none” or 

“other”. More than one anomaly can be checked on a birth certificate. Because these events occur so infrequently, rates have 

been calculated for categories of anomalies. In the year 2003, there were 617 birth certificates with at least one congenital 

anomaly reported. A total of 678 congenital anomalies were reported (Table 2.33). 

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None 

Condition 

Anemia 

(HCT< 39/HGB < 13) 

Birth injury 

Fetal alcohol syndrome 

Hyaline membrane disease/ 

Respiratory distress 

syndrome 

Meconium aspiration 

syndrome 

Assisted Ventilation less 

than 30 minutes 

Assisted Ventilation 30 

minutes or more 

Seizures 

Other 

Unknown 

Table 2.32: Counts 1 of Abnormal Conditions of the Newborn by Maternal Age and Race 


Race 

Total Less 

than 

15 

Maternal Age 

15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 & 

older Unknown 

All 61470 169 374 836 1600 2689 3440 8939 20223 15906 10729 4599 859 46 0 

White 35515 27 96 237 627 1181 1576 3717 10416 10002 7603 3165 557 28 0 

Black 24414 140 275 591 946 1482 1821 5115 9467 5455 2696 1253 271 17 0 

Other 1541 **** **** 8 27 26 43 107 340 449 430 181 31 **** 0 

All 26 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 5 **** 10 **** **** **** 0 0 

White 11 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 

Black 15 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 6 0 **** 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 20 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 9 **** **** **** 0 0 

White 12 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 **** **** 0 0 0 

Black 8 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

White **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

Black **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 278 **** **** **** 6 18 16 45 77 75 53 23 **** 0 0 

White 157 **** **** **** **** 7 9 21 40 48 29 15 **** 0 0 

Black 119 0 **** **** **** 11 7 24 36 27 23 8 **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

All 50 0 0 0 **** **** **** 10 18 14 6 **** **** 0 0 

White 26 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 8 8 **** 0 0 0 0 

Black 23 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 10 5 **** **** **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

All 427 **** **** 9 12 11 34 67 145 94 78 36 5 **** 0 

White 268 0 0 **** 5 8 19 36 93 63 50 22 **** **** 0 

Black 148 **** **** 5 7 **** 14 30 51 28 24 12 **** 0 0 

Other 11 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

All 522 **** 5 10 13 27 23 78 161 141 98 35 **** **** 0 

White 252 **** **** 5 **** 12 **** 25 69 67 66 21 **** 0 0 

Black 266 **** **** 5 11 15 18 52 90 74 32 13 **** **** 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

All 36 **** **** 0 0 0 **** **** 6 13 7 **** **** 0 0 

White 20 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 **** **** **** 0 0 

Black 16 0 **** 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 2130 8 17 33 74 104 118 346 680 543 362 160 28 **** 0 

White 919 **** **** 7 23 31 40 103 249 261 194 92 16 **** 0 

Black 1170 7 15 26 51 73 77 242 424 267 153 66 11 0 0 

Other 41 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 15 15 **** **** 0 0 

All 93 0 0 0 **** **** 7 13 21 14 14 18 7 **** **** 

White 56 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 12 9 8 13 5 **** **** 

Black 35 0 0 0 **** **** 5 8 7 5 6 5 **** **** **** 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 

This is a duplicated count. More than one condition was noted on some birth certificates. **** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. 


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Table 2.33: Counts 1 of Congenital Anomalies by Type of Anomaly and Maternal Age 


Congenital Anomaly 

Total 

Less than 15 15-19 20-24 


25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 & older Unknown 

Total 678 **** 118 223 177 94 53 8 **** 0 

Anencephalus **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

Spina bifida / Meningocele 33 0 **** 9 7 9 **** **** 0 0 

Hydrocephalus 12 0 **** **** 5 **** **** **** 0 0 

Microcephalus **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

Other central nervous system anomalies 8 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

Heart malformations 42 0 5 14 15 5 **** 0 **** 0 

Other circulatory/ Respiratory anomalies 44 0 7 14 11 8 **** 0 0 0 

Rectal atresia / Stenosis **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Tracheo esophageal fistula / Esophageal 

atresia 

**** 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

Omphalocele / Gastroschisis 12 0 **** 5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

Other gastrointestinal anomalies 9 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

Malformed genitalia 11 0 **** 5 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

Renal agenesis 5 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

Other urogenital anomalies 21 0 **** **** 6 6 **** 0 0 0 

Cleft lip / Palate 29 0 **** 13 7 5 **** 0 0 0 

Polydactyly / Syndactyly / Adactyly 40 **** 8 14 11 **** **** 0 0 0 

Club foot 14 0 **** 5 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

Diaphragmatic hernia 5 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

Other musculoskeletal / Integumental 

anomalies 

28 0 **** 10 11 **** **** **** 0 0 

Down's syndrome 19 0 0 5 5 **** 5 0 **** 0 

Other chromosomal anomalies 66 0 10 19 20 11 6 0 0 0 

Other congenital anomalies 268 **** 62 95 63 29 15 **** 0 0 

1 

This is a duplicated count. More than one congenital anomaly was noted on some birth certificates. 617 infants had at least one congenital anomaly. 

**** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. 

DELIVERY CHARACTERISTICS: MEDICAL PROCEDURES, COMPLICATIONS, AND FACILITIES 

Obstetric Procedures 

The attendant at birth records obstetric procedures on the birth certificate by checking any of 6 procedures performed, or by 

specifying “none” or “other”. More than one procedure can be checked on a birth certificate (Table 2.35). 

The number of women who have no obstetric procedure performed during delivery has decreased in recent years. 

Table 2.34: Number and Rates + of Obstetric Procedures by Maternal Age and Race 


All Ages All Races +++ 

All Races +++ 

Obstetric Procedure 

White Black Less than 20 35 & Older 

Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate 

None 2707 42.6 1306 35.9 1333 52.1 396 41.5 262 46.3 

Electronic Fetal Monitoring 55400 871.2 32872 902.8 21181 827.2 8129 851.3 4985 880.3 

Ultrasound 39921 627.8 23597 648.1 15299 597.5 5770 604.3 3663 646.8 

Induction Of Labor 13256 208.5 8806 241.8 4142 161.8 2016 211.1 1016 179.4 

Stimulation Of Labor 8386 131.9 4832 132.7 3319 129.6 1404 147.0 627 110.7 

Tocolysis 458 7.2 257 7.1 193 7.5 70 7.3 41 7.2 

Amniocentesis 213 3.3 141 3.9 66 2.6 20 2.1 80 14.1 

Other 1490 23.4 497 13.6 951 37.1 284 29.7 113 20.0 

+ +++ 

Rate per 1,000 mothers who had one or more live births during the calendar year. All races include White, Black and Other. 63674 women had at least one live 

birth during the calendar year. Live birth was 64,689 in 2003. 

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Obstetric Procedure 

None 

Amniocentesis 

Electronic Fetal 

Monitoring 

Induction of Labor 

Stimulation of labor 

Tocolysis 

Ultrasound 

Other 

Unknown 

Race 

Table 2.35: Number + of Obstetric Procedures by Maternal Age and Race 


Total 

Less 

than 

15 

Maternal Age 

15 16 17 18 19 15 -19 20 -24 25 -29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 & 

Older Unk. 

All 2707 14 22 42 67 106 145 382 948 654 447 216 42 **** 0 

White 1306 **** 5 7 24 39 68 143 377 355 275 130 20 **** 0 

Black 1333 11 17 34 42 66 74 233 554 280 151 81 22 **** 0 

Other 68 0 0 **** **** **** **** 6 17 19 21 5 0 0 0 

All 213 0 **** **** **** 10 5 20 43 38 32 58 21 **** 0 

White 141 0 **** 0 0 6 **** 8 16 26 25 46 19 **** 0 

Black 66 0 **** **** **** **** **** 12 27 10 6 9 **** 0 0 

Other 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

All 55400 138 327 713 1447 2423 3081 7991 18055 14420 9811 4168 774 43 0 

White 32872 23 88 214 588 1085 1430 3405 9617 9268 7081 2930 521 27 0 

Black 21181 113 238 493 835 1316 1611 4493 8147 4757 2357 1074 225 15 0 

Other 1347 **** **** 6 24 22 40 93 291 395 373 164 28 **** 0 

All 13256 23 69 197 376 590 761 1993 4451 3533 2240 857 151 8 0 

White 8806 6 19 70 183 319 425 1016 2763 2547 1731 641 99 **** 0 

Black 4142 17 50 125 180 264 324 943 1607 902 433 188 47 5 0 

Other 308 0 0 **** 13 7 12 34 81 84 76 28 5 0 0 

All 8386 23 66 121 255 429 510 1381 2855 2124 1376 527 95 5 0 

White 4832 **** 20 32 105 190 218 565 1496 1347 979 379 60 **** 0 

Black 3319 20 46 87 143 231 286 793 1313 702 336 123 30 **** 0 

Other 235 0 0 **** 7 8 6 23 46 75 61 25 5 0 0 

All 458 **** **** 7 14 13 32 69 156 117 74 32 6 **** 0 

White 257 0 0 **** **** 6 15 26 74 73 53 24 5 **** 0 

Black 193 **** **** 6 10 7 16 42 79 42 19 8 **** **** 0 

Other 8 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

All 39921 114 219 518 1016 1692 2211 5656 12861 10489 7138 3068 568 27 0 

White 23597 21 60 164 408 794 997 2423 6825 6698 5100 2127 387 16 0 

Black 15299 92 156 350 594 884 1186 3170 5823 3497 1734 815 158 10 0 

Other 1025 **** **** **** 14 14 28 63 213 294 304 126 23 **** 0 

All 1490 8 16 33 49 83 95 276 519 370 204 90 22 **** 0 

White 497 0 **** **** 7 21 17 48 150 149 98 42 10 0 0 

Black 951 8 15 31 42 62 78 228 354 211 94 45 10 **** 0 

Other 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 10 12 **** **** 0 0 

All 86 0 0 0 **** 5 **** 10 16 17 13 18 6 **** **** 

White 54 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 11 13 6 12 **** **** **** 

Black 31 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 **** **** 7 6 **** **** **** 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

+ This is a duplicated count. More than one procedure was noted on some birth certificates. 63,674 women had at least one live birth during the calendar year. 


Complications of Labor and/or Delivery 

Complications of labor and/or delivery are recorded on the birth certificate by checking any of 15 listed complications, or 

specifying “none” or “other”. More than one complication can be recorded on a birth certificate. 

Among the 63,674 women who had at least one live birth in 2003, no complications of labor and/or delivery were recorded in 

48,299 cases (75.9%). 

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Table 2.36: Number 1 and Rates + of Complications of Labor and/or Delivery by Maternal Race and Age 


All Ages All Races +++ 

All Races +++ 

Complication 

White Black Under 20 35 & Older 

Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate 

No complication noted 48299 759.7 28067 771.1 19044 743.7 6991 732.2 4301 759.8 

Meconium,moderate / Heavy 1715 27.0 773 21.2 894 34.9 314 32.9 134 23.7 

Fetal distress 1642 25.8 910 25.0 708 27.6 303 31.7 142 25.1 

Breech / Malpresentation 1361 21.4 870 23.9 452 17.7 154 16.1 179 31.6 

Cephalopelvic disproportion 877 13.8 571 15.7 286 11.2 190 19.9 60 10.6 

Precipitous labor (< 3 hours) 655 10.3 197 5.4 442 17.3 78 8.2 63 11.1 

Premature rupture of membrane 624 9.8 284 7.8 320 12.5 109 11.4 61 10.8 

Dysfunctional labor 490 7.7 283 7.8 202 7.9 112 11.7 36 6.4 

Febrile (> 100 ºF) 452 7.1 208 5.7 229 8.9 128 13.4 27 4.8 

Abruptio placenta 197 3.1 87 2.4 107 4.2 31 3.2 22 3.9 

Prolonged labor (> 20 hours) 175 2.8 111 3.0 62 2.4 36 3.8 11 1.9 

Cord prolapse 153 2.4 92 2.5 56 2.2 28 2.9 9 1.6 

Placenta previa 114 1.8 80 2.2 30 1.2 5 0.5 20 3.5 

Other excessive bleeding 107 1.7 60 1.6 44 1.7 20 2.1 8 1.4 

Anesthetic complications 37 0.6 24 0.7 13 0.5 3 0.3 7 1.2 

Seizures during labor 14 0.2 4 0.1 11 0.4 7 0.7 2 0.4 

1 This is a duplicated count. More than one procedure was noted on some birth certificates. 63,674 women had at least one live birth during the calendar year. 

+ Rate per 1,000 mothers who had one or more live births during the calendar year. +++ All Races includes White, Black and Other. 


Complication 

No complication noted 

Febrile (>100 ºF) 

Meconium, Moderate / 

Heavy 

Premature rupture of 

membrane (>12 hours) 

Abruptio Placenta 

Table 2.37: Counts 1 of Complications of Labor and/or Delivery by Maternal Age and Race 


Race 

Total Less 

than 

15 

Maternal Age 

15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 & 

older Unk. 

All 48299 127 283 616 1214 2041 2710 6864 15876 12657 8474 3594 672 35 0 

White 28067 25 74 181 482 900 1230 2867 8169 7965 6049 2513 455 24 0 

Black 19044 102 207 428 713 1126 1445 3919 7460 4337 2083 941 192 10 0 

Other 1188 0 **** 7 19 15 35 78 247 355 342 140 25 **** 0 

All 452 **** 11 11 24 39 39 124 146 99 58 20 **** 0 0 

White 208 **** **** **** 6 13 16 38 64 52 37 15 **** 0 0 

Black 229 **** 10 9 18 25 23 85 76 43 18 **** **** 0 0 

Other 15 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 6 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

All 1715 10 20 36 47 87 114 304 607 403 257 111 22 **** 0 

White 773 0 **** 6 7 30 41 87 244 213 157 61 11 0 0 

Black 894 10 17 30 39 55 71 212 348 177 89 47 10 **** 0 

Other 48 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 15 13 11 **** **** 0 0 

All 624 **** **** 13 17 38 33 105 207 143 102 50 10 **** 0 

White 284 **** **** **** 6 14 13 35 91 67 53 32 **** **** 0 

Black 320 **** **** 12 11 24 20 70 107 72 44 17 5 **** 0 

Other 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 **** 5 **** **** 0 0 

All 197 **** **** **** **** 9 12 30 59 50 35 18 **** 0 0 

White 87 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 8 21 23 21 11 **** 0 0 

Black 107 **** **** **** **** 6 9 22 37 25 14 7 **** 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

Table 2.37 continues on the next page. 

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Table 2.37: Counts 1 of Complications of Labor and/or Delivery by Maternal Age and Race (Continued) 


Complication 

Placenta previa 

Other excessive bleeding 

Seizures during labor 

Precipitous labor (20 hours) 

Dysfunctional labor 

Breech/ Malpresentation 

Cephalopelvic disproportion 

Cord prolapse 

Anesthetic complications 

Fetal distress 

Race 

Total Less 

than 

15 

Maternal Age 

15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 & 

older Unk. 

All 114 **** 0 **** **** **** **** **** 28 26 28 17 8 **** 0 

White 80 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 18 15 23 14 6 **** 0 

Black 30 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 **** **** **** **** 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

All 107 **** **** **** **** 5 8 19 38 29 12 7 **** 0 0 

White 60 0 **** **** **** **** 6 12 20 18 7 **** **** 0 0 

Black 44 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 7 16 11 5 **** 0 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

All 14 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 7 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

White **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

Black 11 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 655 **** **** 9 12 23 26 74 254 168 94 50 13 0 0 

White 197 0 **** 0 **** 6 7 18 63 57 41 15 **** 0 0 

Black 442 **** **** 9 9 17 19 56 188 106 48 32 10 0 0 

Other 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 5 **** 0 0 0 

All 175 0 **** 6 **** 8 15 35 55 43 31 8 **** **** 0 

White 111 0 0 **** **** **** 9 19 34 28 24 5 **** 0 0 

Black 62 0 **** **** **** **** 6 15 21 14 7 **** 0 **** 0 

Other **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

All 490 **** **** 7 19 45 37 111 177 109 53 34 5 0 0 

White 283 0 **** **** 7 20 17 48 98 79 34 20 **** 0 0 

Black 202 **** **** **** 12 25 20 63 77 27 19 14 **** 0 0 

Other 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

All 1361 5 6 15 26 45 57 149 369 377 284 146 30 **** 0 

White 870 **** **** 6 10 25 26 69 223 259 202 99 17 0 0 

Black 452 **** **** 9 16 20 31 80 138 112 63 41 13 **** 0 

Other 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 19 6 0 0 0 

All 877 5 7 15 38 50 75 185 278 196 151 53 7 **** 0 

White 571 **** **** **** 19 26 46 96 174 140 113 40 6 0 0 

Black 286 **** 6 11 19 24 29 89 101 48 31 11 **** **** 0 

Other 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 7 **** 0 0 0 

All 153 0 0 **** 6 **** 15 27 52 42 25 6 **** 0 0 

White 92 0 0 0 **** **** 7 9 31 27 19 6 0 0 0 

Black 56 0 0 **** 5 **** 8 18 21 12 5 0 0 0 0 

Other 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

All 37 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 10 9 9 **** **** 0 0 

White 24 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 9 7 **** 0 0 0 

Black 13 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 1642 6 12 29 56 88 115 300 569 378 247 124 17 **** 0 

White 910 **** 6 9 24 38 60 137 305 222 161 74 10 0 0 

Black 708 5 6 20 32 50 54 162 256 150 80 47 7 **** 0 

Other 24 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 6 6 **** 0 0 0 


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Other 


Unknown 

Table 2.37: Counts 1 of Complications of Labor and/or Delivery by Maternal Age and Race (Continued) 


Complication 

Race 

Total Less 

than 

15 

Maternal Age 

15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 & 

older Unk. 

All 9097 27 57 160 301 455 508 1481 2981 2249 1552 677 120 10 0 

White 5006 **** 13 44 110 181 234 582 1544 1359 1020 429 63 6 0 

Black 3846 22 43 116 184 264 265 872 1378 822 473 221 54 **** 0 

Other 245 **** **** 0 7 10 9 27 59 68 59 27 **** 0 0 

All 94 0 0 0 **** **** **** 11 21 17 13 18 8 **** **** 

White 64 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 14 14 8 13 6 **** **** 

Black 29 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 6 **** 5 5 **** **** **** 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 This is a duplicated count. More than one procedure was noted on some birth certificates. 

63,674 women had at least one live birth during the calendar year. 


Method of Delivery 

Final data for the year 2003 collected by the National Center for Health Statistics report that Louisiana had the third highest rate 

of cesarean deliveries in the country (31.7% of all live births), following Mississippi (32.5%) and New Jersey (33.1%). (10) 

(Table 2.38 and Table 2.39). 

Table 2.38: Percent + of Live Births by Cesarean Delivery by Maternal Age and Race 


Maternal 


Race Less than 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40 & older All Ages 

All Races +++ 23.9 28.6 32.7 37.6 41.7 44.2 31.7 

White 

25.3 28.9 32.9 37.4 41.0 43.0 32.8 

Black 23.0 28.3 32.6 38.7 43.3 46.4 30.3 

+ Percents of live births in specified maternal age and race group (110 deliveries where method was not recorded are excluded). 


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Vaginal 

Method 

Vaginal / Forceps 

Vaginal / Forceps & 

Vacuum 

Vaginal / Vacuum 

Vaginal birth after 

previous C-Section 


previous C-Section / 

Forceps 


Previous C-Section / 

Vacuum 

Primary C-Section 

Repeat C-Section 

Unknown 

Table 2.39: Number 1 of Deliveries by Method of Delivery, and Maternal Age and Race 


Race 

Total Less 

than 

15 

Maternal Age 

15 16 17 18 19 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 

45 & 

older Unk. 

All 40896 132 294 630 1207 1945 2502 6578 14089 10456 6558 2597 463 23 0 

White 22971 23 72 172 476 814 1108 2642 7124 6468 4615 1781 304 14 0 

Black 16898 108 219 453 713 1115 1364 3864 6721 3674 1665 715 143 8 0 

Other 1027 **** **** 5 18 16 30 72 244 314 278 101 16 **** 0 

All 984 **** **** 23 29 64 67 187 334 229 150 68 13 **** 0 

White 693 0 **** 8 17 39 37 103 228 180 119 52 10 **** 0 

Black 262 **** **** 15 8 24 28 77 95 45 27 13 **** 0 0 

Other 29 0 0 0 **** **** **** 7 11 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

All 24 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 7 5 **** **** **** 0 0 

White 20 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 **** **** **** **** 0 0 

Black **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 1170 6 9 28 53 96 90 276 408 263 150 59 8 0 0 

White 691 **** **** 7 17 45 42 114 228 187 111 46 **** 0 0 

Black 449 **** 6 21 33 50 46 156 172 70 32 11 **** 0 0 

Other 30 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 8 6 7 **** **** 0 0 

All 442 0 0 **** **** **** 15 23 144 143 74 44 14 0 0 

White 185 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 37 58 47 29 10 0 0 

Black 247 0 0 **** **** **** 12 19 104 80 26 14 **** 0 0 

Other 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 **** **** 0 0 0 

All 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 6 **** **** 0 0 

White 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 **** **** **** 0 0 

Black 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

All 8 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

White 6 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

Black **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Other **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

All 11283 41 84 181 346 567 723 1901 3619 2719 1908 890 188 17 0 

White 6749 6 24 59 137 272 377 869 2037 1788 1350 584 107 8 0 

Black 4264 34 60 119 207 289 339 1014 1529 847 487 267 77 9 0 

Other 270 **** 0 **** **** 6 7 18 53 84 71 39 **** 0 0 

All 8493 0 0 6 30 98 175 309 2266 2527 2143 1047 192 9 0 

White 4957 0 0 **** 6 36 59 102 1027 1500 1469 719 132 8 0 

Black 3341 0 0 5 24 61 113 203 1212 985 597 292 51 **** 0 

Other 195 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 27 42 77 36 9 0 0 

All 357 **** **** 8 23 35 25 95 106 63 37 37 11 **** **** 

White 181 0 0 **** **** 14 11 30 54 40 20 27 6 **** **** 

Black 166 **** **** 6 20 20 13 63 50 20 15 9 5 **** **** 

Other 10 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

**** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality. 1 63,674 women had at least one live birth during the calendar year. Source: Louisiana State Center for Health 

Statistics. 

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References: 

(1) 

National Center for Health Statistics, “Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2000 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set” National Vital 

Statistics Report (NVSR) 50:12 (Aug. 2002):22. 

(2) 

National Center for Health Statistics. ” National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR) 54:2 (Sep 08, 2005):29. Available at: 

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_02.pdf . 

(3) 

National Vital Statistics Report (NVSR) 54:2 (Sep 08, 2005) :45. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr54/nvsr54_02.pdf . 

(4) 

McIntire DD, Bloom SL, Casy BM, Laveno KJ. “Birth Weight in Relation to Morbidity and Mortality among Newborn 

Infants” New England Journal of Medicine 340:16 (Apr. 1999):1234-1238. 

(5) 

Pace B, “High- Risk Infants” Journal of the American Medical Association 284:16 (Oct. 2000):2142. 

(6) 

Waldman HB. Perlman SP, “Low Birthweight babies grow older, but there could be many problems” Journal of Dentistry for Children 68:5-6 

(Sep- Dec 2001) 356-359, 302. 

(7) 

Hack M, Klein NK and Talyor HG, “Long-term developmental outcomes of low birthweight infants” The Future of Children, 5 (Spring 1995); 

19-34. 

(8) 

National Center for Health Statistics,”Report of Final Natality Statistics, 1995” Monthly Vital Statistics Report 45:11 (June 1997):16. 

(9) National Center for Health Statistics,” Births: Final Data for 2003” National Vital Statistics Report 54:2 (Sep. 2005) :87. 

(10) National Center for Health Statistics,” Births: Final Data for 2003” National Vital Statistics Report 54:2 (Sep. 2005):85. 

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2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT FETAL DEATHS 

SPONTANEOUS 

FETAL DEATHS 

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FETAL DEATHS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 

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INTRODUCTION 


A fetal death is the death of a human fetus that occurs prior to its expulsion or extraction from its mother, irrespective of the 

duration of pregnancy. In Louisiana, a spontaneous fetal death (also referred to as stillbirth) is a fetal death that meets these 

criteria: 

1. The fetus survived at least 20 weeks gestation or weighed at least 350 grams, and 

2. The death was not the result of an induced termination of pregnancy. 

Purpose of Spontaneous Fetal Death Surveillance 

As with infant mortality, a high rate of fetal deaths reflects unfavorable environmental influences and/or the unavailability of 

medical care. Compared with infant mortality, however, the factors contributing to fetal deaths have been studied less, therefore 

limiting the understanding of their etiology. The depth and quality found in fetal death data is not as good as that of live birth 

data. 

Fetal death surveillance is important in the evaluation of adverse reproductive outcomes and in the identification of factors that 

result in such deaths. The goal of fetal death surveillance is the identification of high-risk populations and the development of 

risk-reducing interventions. 

Source of Data: Certificate of Fetal Death (Stillbirth) 

Spontaneous fetal death information presented in this report is gathered from data recorded on the Certificate of Fetal Death for 

spontaneous fetal deaths that occurred among pregnant Louisiana residents during 2003. The 1992 Revision of the Model 

State Vital Statistics Act and Regulations indicates that fetal deaths of at least 20 weeks gestation or 350 grams should be 

reported to the Vital Records Registry within 5 days of delivery, or as otherwise directed by the State Registrar. A physician or 

coroner in consultation with the parent(s) completes information on the fetal death certificate. (1) 

Death statistics are compiled in accordance with World Health Organization (WHO) regulations, which require member nations 

to classify causes of death according to the current revision of the International Classification of Disease, Injuries, and Causes of 

Death (ICD). Fetal deaths that occurred in 2002 are coded in accordance with the tenth revision (ICD-10). 

All of the causes of death described in this report are underlying causes of death, defined as the disease or injury that initiated 

the sequence of events leading to death. Secondary causes of death, which are also recorded on the death certificate, are not 

presented in this report. 

The degree of registration completeness for spontaneous fetal deaths is unknown, but some under-registration is likely, 

especially for fetal deaths near 20 weeks gestation or less than 500 grams weight at delivery. However, reporting is believed to 

be relatively complete and more reliable for fetal deaths at a gestation of 28 weeks or more. 

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FETAL DEATH COUNTS AND RATES 

In 2003, 541 fetal deaths were reported to the Vital Records Registry, with 514 of these deaths meeting Louisiana’s definition (2) 

of a spontaneous fetal death (i.e., the fetus survived at least 20 weeks gestation or weighed at least 350 grams). 

Twenty-seven fetal deaths that failed to meet these criteria have been excluded from analysis. They are included, however, in 

Table 3.8: Causes of Fetal Deaths (page 53) and in the parish and region tables 19-A and 19-B on the web. 

Louisiana’s 2003 fetal mortality rate was 7.9 fetal deaths per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths (Figure 3.1, Table 3.1). 

Gestational ages reported for Louisiana fetal deaths occurring in 1995 or later are derived by using the National Center for 

Health Statistics’ (NCHS’ s) formula for the calculation of gestational age. This formula calculates gestational age by combining 

information collected in the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” and “Clinical Estimate of Gestation” sections of the Louisiana 

Certificate of Fetal Death (Stillbirth). It also takes into account the fetal birthweight relative to gestational age. (3) Prior to 1995, 

“Clinical Estimate of Gestation” was not recorded on Louisiana’s fetal death certificates. Therefore, gestational ages reported 

for the years prior to 1995 are calculated by subtracting the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” from the “Date of Delivery”, as 

recorded on the certificates. NCHS reports national fetal death information and uses only gestational age at least 20 weeks in 

its definition of fetal death. To facilitate comparison between Louisiana and the United States, fetal death data based on the 

NCHS definition are used in all Louisiana and United States data presentations. 

Number of Fetal Deaths 

600 

550 

500 

450 

400 

Figure 3.1: Fetal Death Counts and Mortality Rates 


1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

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16.0 

12.0 

(Fetal death defined as gestational age >=20 weeks or birthweight>=350 grams) 

8.0 

4.0 

0.0 

Rate per 1,000 Live Births Plus 

Fetal Deaths 

Number 

Rate


MATERNAL PROFILE 

Race and Age of Mother 

Table 3.1 Number and Rates of Fetal Deaths 


Year Number Rate + 

1994 564 8.2 

1995 510 7.7 

1996 547 8.3 

1997 509 7.7 

1998 495 7.4 

1999 521 7.7 

2000 487 7.1 

2001 510 7.8 

2002 512 7.8 

2003 514 7.9 

+ Rate per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths. Fetal death defined as gestational 

age >= 20 weeks or birthweight >=350 grams) 

Table 3.2 Fetal Mortality Rates 


Year Louisiana + United States 

1994 7.9 7.0 

1995 7.4 7.0 

1996 8.0 6.9 

1997 7.5 6.8 

1998 7.1 6.7 

1999 7.5 6.7 

2000 6.9 6.6 

2001 7.6 6.5 

2002 7.7 6.4 

2003 7.1 6.2 

+ Fetal death defined as (United States standards) gestational age >= 20 weeks. 

Note: Louisiana rates in this table will differ from those mentioned elsewhere in this section, 

since fetal death is defined here by United States standards, rather than Louisiana standards 

(gestational age >= 20 weeks or birthweight >=350 grams), in order to allow for comparison with 

the national rates. 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics 

As with the overall fetal mortality rate, rates of fetal deaths by race in Louisiana have changed little over the past decade. Rates 

among blacks in the state have been consistently higher than those for whites from 1992 to 2003 but have been lower than 

corresponding national rates during the same period (Table 3.3 and 3.4). 

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Year 

Table 3.3 Fetal Mortality Rates + by Maternal Race 


All Races +++ White Black 

Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate 

1994 564 8.2 223 5.9 336 11.6 

1995 510 7.7 215 5.7 286 10.6 

1996 547 8.3 236 6.3 300 11.2 

1997 509 7.7 220 5.8 276 10.1 

1998 495 7.4 203 5.3 269 9.7 

1999 521 7.7 215 5.6 288 10.5 

2000 487 7.1 217 5.7 263 9.2 

2001 510 7.8 211 5.7 288 10.6 

2002 512 7.8 209 5.7 296 11.0 

2003 514 7.9 209 5.6 296 11.2 

+ Rate per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths in race group. 

Fetal death defined as gestational age >=20 weeks or birthweight >=350 grams 

+++ All Races includes white, black, other and unknown 

Rates for whites in Louisiana during the past ten years have mirrored closely the corresponding national rates. Because of 

differences between state and national distributions of race, Louisiana’s overall rates have been slightly higher than overall 

national rates during the past decade (Table 3.4). 

Year 

Table 3.4 Fetal Mortality Rates by Maternal Race 



All Races +++ White Black All Races +++ White Black 

1994 7.9 5.6 11.0 7.0 6.0 12.5 

1995 7.4 5.5 10.2 7.0 5.9 12.7 

1996 8.0 6.2 10.8 6.9 5.9 12.5 

1997 7.5 5.8 9.8 6.8 5.8 12.5 

1998 7.1 5.2 9.4 6.7 5.7 12.3 

1999 7.5 5.4 10.2 6.7 5.7 12.6 

2000 6.9 5.5 9.0 6.6 5.6 12.4 

2001 7.6 5.6 10.2 6.5 5.5 12.1 

2002 7.7 5.5 10.9 6.4 5.5 11.9 

2003 7.9 5.6 11.2 6.2 4.9 11.6 

+ Rate per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths. Fetal death defined as gestational age >=20 weeks. 

+++ All Races includes white, black, other and unknown 

Note: Louisiana rates in this table will differ from those listed in Table 3.2, given that fetal 

death is defined here by United States standards, rather than Louisiana standards. 


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Prenatal Care 

Race 

Table 3.5 Fetal Mortality Counts and Rates + by Maternal Race and Age 


Less than 20 20-24 25-29 30-34 35 & Older All Ages 

Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate 

All Races +++ 98 10.1 144 6.7 111 6.6 87 7.7 65 11.1 514 7.9 

White 25 6.3 54 5.0 50 4.8 44 5.5 31 7.8 209 5.6 

Black 73 12.9 89 8.8 57 9.7 41 13.9 32 18.9 296 11.2 

+ Rate per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths. Fetal death defined as gestational age >=20 weeks or birthweight >=350 grams. 

+++ All Races includes white, black, other and unknown. All Ages contains age unknown. 

Prenatal care is recognized as an important means of identifying women at high risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as 

infant mortality and low birthweight, and providing appropriate medical, nutritional, and educational interventions to reduce their 

risk. Assessing the role of prenatal care in fetal mortality, however, is complicated by differences among women with regard to 

health and behavior, trimester of entry into prenatal care, and opportunity to obtain prenatal care because of shortened length of 

pregnancy. Furthermore, fetal death certificates include limited information on prenatal care and do not assess the quality of 

such care. 

For the purpose of this report, “no prenatal care” is defined as reporting no prenatal visits during the pregnancy. “Any prenatal 

care” refers to live births for which the mother had at least one prenatal care visit (Table 3.6). 

Table 3.6 Number and Rates + of Fetal Deaths by Prenatal Care Status and Race 


Race 

No Care Any Care 

Number Rate Number Rate 

All Races +++ 44 47.4 432 6.7 

White -- -- 187 5.1 

Black 34 48.9 237 9.3 

+ Rate of occurrence per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths in specified group. 

+++ All Races includes white, black, other and unknown. 

**** Cell suppressed to protect confidentiality. 

“--“ Indicates rate is unstable due to small number (= 20 weeks or birthweight >= 350 grams 

Review of fetal deaths in the year 2003 with regard to prenatal care by race and age resulted in counts smaller than 20, which 

are not sufficient to calculate stable rates. 

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Medical Risk Factors for Complications of Pregnancy 

In 1994, Louisiana began collecting information describing medical risk factors for complications of pregnancy. Because 

reporting of medical conditions is believed to be incomplete for fetal deaths, caution should be exercised when evaluating these 

data. 

Of the 514 fetal deaths reported in the year 2003, 242 (47.1%) reported no medical risk factors. Sixteen percent of pregnancies 

terminating in fetal death was associated with risk factors which were not pre-defined by the categories presented in this report 

(Table 3.7). 

Tobacco and Alcohol Use during Pregnancy 

At the time of delivery, women report on tobacco and alcohol use during the pregnancy. Although this information is derived 

from the fetal death certificate, it should be evaluated with caution because it is subject to error from inaccurate maternal recall. 

Additionally, both tobacco and alcohol usage are dichotomous categories which do not account for different levels of usage. 

As examination of tobacco and alcohol use for 2003 resulted in small counts (less than 20), so data were not sufficient to 

calculate stable rates. 

CAUSE OF FETAL DEATH 

Table 3.7 Number of Fetal Deaths by Medical Risk Factors 

for Complications of Pregnancy and Maternal Race, Louisiana , 2003 

Medical Risk Factor for Complications of Pregnancy 

All Races +++ 

White Black 

No Medical Risk Factor Noted 242 111 125 

Anemia (Hct =20 weeks or birthweight >=350grams 

+++ All Races includes white, black, other and unknown. **** Cell suppressed to protect confidentiality. 

Given that several factors may contribute to fetal deaths, cause-of-death analyses are important for examining preventable risks. 

One major limitation of using the cause-of-death data from fetal death certificates is that many fetuses that die are not autopsied 

or otherwise evaluated, resulting in implausible or misclassified causes of death. Evaluations of fetuses also tend to report 

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cause of death in such a way that the fetus falls in a “catch-all” or non-specific category that prohibits in-depth analysis. For 

instance, 26.6% of the 541 fetal deaths reported in Louisiana in 2003 were classified under “Other conditions originating in the 

perinatal period.” Around 26.2% of the fetal deaths were classified under “Fetal death of unspecified cause”. 

Fetal deaths described in this section include all fetal deaths reported to the Vital Records Registry in 2003, regardless of 

gestational age or birthweight. 

The leading cause of fetal death was “Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period”, the most frequent of these being 

“fetus affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes”. 

Table 3.8 summarizes all fetal deaths reported to Louisiana in 2003 by cause, maternal age, and maternal race. 

Table 3.8 Number and Ratio + of Reported Fetal Deaths by Selected Causes of Death and Race of 

Mother, Louisiana, 2003 


ICD-10 Code 

Race Ratio + All 

All causes ALL 836.3 541 

WHITE 609.7 226 

BLACK 1172 305 

OTHER 625.4 10 

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Congenital syphilis (A50) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain or ALL 3.1 **** 

unknown behavior (D00-D48) WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) ALL 763.7 494 

WHITE 539.6 200 

BLACK 1099 286 

OTHER 500.3 8 

Fetus affected by maternal conditions that may be unrelated to present ALL 41.7 27 

pregnancy (P00) WHITE 16.2 6 

BLACK 80.7 21 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by maternal hypertensive disorders (P00.0) ALL 35.6 23 

WHITE 10.8 **** 

BLACK 73 19 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by maternal renal and urinary tract diseases (P00.1) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by maternal injury (P00.5) ALL 3.1 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 3.8 **** 


OTHER 0 0 

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ICD-10 Code 


Fetus affected by other medical procedures and maternal conditions ALL 1.5 **** 

(P00.7-P00.8) WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by maternal complications of pregnancy (P01) ALL 115.9 75 

WHITE 72.8 27 

BLACK 184.4 48 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by incompetent cervix (P01.0) ALL 23.2 15 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 50 13 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by premature rupture of membranes (P01.1) ALL 75.7 49 

WHITE 59.4 22 

BLACK 103.8 27 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by oligohydramnios (P01.2) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by multiple pregnancy (P01.5) ALL 4.6 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 11.5 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified maternal complications of ALL 10.8 7 

pregnancy (P01.8-P01.9) WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 19.2 5 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes (P02) ALL 233.4 151 

WHITE 210.4 78 

BLACK 269 70 

OTHER 187.6 **** 

Fetus affected by other forms of placental separation and hemorrhage ALL 86.6 56 

(P02.1) WHITE 75.5 28 

BLACK 103.8 27 

OTHER 62.5 **** 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified morphological and functional ALL 21.6 14 

abnormalities of placenta (P02.2) WHITE 27 10 

BLACK 15.4 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by placental transfusion syndromes (P02.3) ALL 9.3 6 

WHITE 10.8 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 125.1 **** 

Fetus affected by prolapsed cord (P02.4) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by other compression of umbilical cord (P02.5) ALL 54.1 35 

WHITE 56.7 21 

BLACK 53.8 14 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified conditions of umbilical cord ALL 23.2 15 

(P02.6) WHITE 24.3 9 

BLACK 23.1 6 

OTHER 0 0 


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ICD-10 Code 


Fetus affected by chorioamnionitis (P02.7) ALL 37.1 24 

WHITE 13.5 5 

BLACK 73 19 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetus affected by noxious influences transmitted via placenta (P04) ALL 10.8 7 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 26.9 7 

OTHER 0 0 

Slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition (P05) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere ALL 85 55 

classified (P07) WHITE 40.5 15 

BLACK 153.7 40 

OTHER 0 0 

Extremely low birth weight or extreme immaturity (P07.0,P07.2) ALL 37.1 24 

WHITE 16.2 6 

BLACK 69.2 18 

OTHER 0 0 

Other low birth weight and preterm (P07.1,P07.3) ALL 47.9 31 

WHITE 24.3 9 

BLACK 84.5 22 

OTHER 0 0 

Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (P20-P21) ALL 3.1 **** 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Intrauterine hypoxia, unspecified (P20.9) ALL 3.1 **** 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) ALL 12.4 8 

WHITE 8.1 **** 

BLACK 19.2 5 

OTHER 0 0 

Congenital viral hepatitis (P35.3) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Bacterial sepsis (P36) ALL 3.1 **** 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Other infections specific to the perinatal period (P35.8-P35.9,P37.2- ALL 7.7 5 

P37.9,P38-P39) WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 15.4 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus (P70-P74) ALL 7.7 5 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 7.7 **** 

OTHER 62.5 **** 

Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother and neonatal diabetes mellitus ALL 7.7 5 

(P70.0-P70.2) WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 7.7 **** 

OTHER 62.5 **** 


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ICD-10 Code 


Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P80-P96) ALL 222.6 144 

WHITE 161.9 60 

BLACK 307.4 80 

OTHER 250.2 **** 

Hydrops fetalis not due to hemolytic disease (P83.2) ALL 3.1 **** 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Fetal death of unspecified cause (P95) ALL 219.5 142 

WHITE 156.5 58 

BLACK 307.4 80 

OTHER 250.2 **** 

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities ALL 68 44 

(Q00-Q99) WHITE 64.7 24 

BLACK 69.2 18 

OTHER 125.1 **** 

Congenital malformations of nervous system (Q00-Q07) ALL 13.9 9 

WHITE 16.2 6 

BLACK 11.5 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Anencephaly and similar malformations (Q00) ALL 13.9 9 

WHITE 16.2 6 

BLACK 11.5 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Congenital malformations of heart (Q20-Q24) ALL 4.6 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 62.5 **** 

Congenital malformations of urinary system (Q60-Q64) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Cystic kidney disease (Q61) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system, ALL 1.5 **** 

limbs and integument (Q65-Q85) WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Other congenital malformations (Q86-Q89) ALL 26.3 17 

WHITE 16.2 6 

BLACK 38.4 10 

OTHER 62.5 **** 

Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified (Q89.7) ALL 24.7 16 

WHITE 13.5 5 

BLACK 38.4 10 

OTHER 62.5 **** 

All other congenital malformations (Q86-Q87,Q89.0-Q89.3,Q89.8-Q89.9) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q90-Q99) ALL 20.1 13 

WHITE 27 10 

BLACK 11.5 **** 

OTHER 0 0 


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ICD-10 Code 


Down's syndrome (Q90) ALL 1.5 **** 

WHITE 0 0 

BLACK 3.8 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Edward's syndrome (Q91.0-Q91.3) ALL 4.6 **** 

WHITE 2.7 **** 

BLACK 7.7 **** 

OTHER 0 0 

Patau's syndrome (Q91.4-Q91.7) ALL 3.1 **** 

WHITE 5.4 **** 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

Other chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q92-Q99) ALL 10.8 7 

WHITE 18.9 7 

BLACK 0 0 

OTHER 0 0 

+Ratio per 100,000 live births. 

**** **** Cell suppressed to protect confidentiality. 

Note: Not all selected causes of death are listed in Table 3.8 as some did not contain any counts. 

The complete list of selected causes for Table 3.8 may be found in the “Technical Notes Section”. 

References: 

(1) National Center for Health Statistics, Model State Vital Statistics Act and Regulations (1992 Revision):8. 

(2) 

National Center for Health Statistics, “State definitions and reporting requirements for live births, fetal deaths and induced terminations of 

pregnancy”(1997 Revision):28. 

(3) National Center for Health Statistics, “Instruction Manual Part 12” (1993):33-35. 

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2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT INDUCED TERMINATIONS 

INDUCED TERMINATIONS 

OF PREGNANCY 


INDUCED TERMINATIONS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 



INTRODUCTION 

Purpose of Induced Termination of Pregnancy Surveillance 


An induced termination (abortion) is the intentional interruption of a pregnancy with the objective of preventing a live birth. 

Abortion surveillance provides information that is useful in identifying population groups experiencing unintended pregnancies, 

and in targeting pregnancy prevention programs. 

Source of Data: Report of Induced Termination of Pregnancy 

Induced termination information presented in this report is gathered from data recorded on the Report of Induced Termination of 

Pregnancy forms that were filed for abortions performed in Louisiana in the 2003 calendar year. State law requires that the 

attending physician report each induced termination of pregnancy he/she performs to the Vital Records Registry in New Orleans 

within 15 days of the procedure. 

No accurate counts of the number of terminations among Louisiana residents are available. Counts used in this chapter 

represent terminations that occurred in Louisiana, and include out-of-state residents who obtained induced terminations in 

Louisiana. 

Induced Termination Counts 

There were 10,642 induced terminations of pregnancy reported in Louisiana in 2003. The age group encompassing women 20- 

24 years is historically the group with the highest number of abortions; in 2003, women in this age group accounted for more 

than one-third (36.6%) of all abortions (Table 4.1). 

Table 4.1 Counts of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Age Group 

Occurring in Louisiana, 1994-2003 

Age Groups in Years 

Year Total Under 15 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 & Older Unknown 

1994 12154 169 2500 4215 2505 1517 929 257 17 45 

1995 11491 141 2333 3895 2428 1468 936 226 11 53 

1996 11884 143 2489 4083 2553 1417 876 262 16 45 

1997 11739 147 2285 4087 2650 1375 849 265 22 59 

1998 11351 120 2238 3818 2538 1386 829 262 13 147 

1999 12008 103 2234 4253 2761 1435 903 236 13 70 

2000 11384 115 2045 4133 2618 1364 800 238 7 64 

2001 10932 85 1868 4001 2611 1378 700 238 13 38 

2002 10451 97 1765 3794 2430 1325 728 224 18 70 

2003 10642 103 1767 3899 2475 1356 692 266 12 72 


An early abortion is performed at or before 8 weeks gestation, while a late abortion is performed at or after 16 weeks 

gestation. In 2003, there were 5,358 early abortions reported in Louisiana, which accounted for 50.3% of all abortions reported. 



The 879 reported late abortions comprised 8.3% of the total reported (Table 4.3). Younger women (under age 20 years) were 

more likely to obtain late abortions than older women (over 20 years) were. (Figure 4.1 and Table 4.3). 

Percent of 

reported abortions 

60.0 

50.0 

40.0 

30.0 

20.0 

10.0 

0.0 

Figure 4.1: Percent of Women Obtaining Early* or Late** Abortions 

by Age Group, Occurring in Louisiana, 2003 

32.0 

14.6 

44.1 

10.9 

49.2 

9.2 


51.5 

6.7 

55.2 

6.3 

57.5 

< 15 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 >=35 

Age Group in Years 

* Early abortion: performed at or before 8 weeks gestation 

** Late abortion: performed at or after 16 weeks gestation 

The suction procedure was used in 87.8% of reported abortions in Louisiana in 2003 (Table 4.2). 

Table 4.2 Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Weeks of Gestation and 

Type of Procedure, Occurring in Louisiana, 2003 

5.7 

Early 

Late 

Curettage 

Weeks of 

Dilation and 

Gestation Total Suction Sharp Hysterectomy Evacuation Other Unknown 

All 10642 9347 15 **** 337 791 150 

8 & under 5358 4506 7 0 31 731 83 

9 1172 1143 **** 0 12 0 16 

10 944 921 **** 0 5 **** 16 

11 670 658 **** 0 **** 0 8 

12 465 447 **** 0 8 **** 6 

13 488 479 0 0 **** **** **** 

14 280 269 0 0 6 **** **** 

15 228 224 **** 0 **** 0 **** 

16 165 118 0 **** 43 0 **** 

17 118 85 0 0 31 **** 0 

18 97 54 0 0 38 **** **** 

19 125 74 0 0 49 0 **** 

20 99 71 0 0 25 **** **** 

21 & over 275 187 0 **** 81 **** **** 

Unknown 158 111 0 0 **** 43 **** 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics. **** Count is greater than 0 and less than 5. 

Some procedures, including Intrauterine Instillation (Saline, Prostaglandin) and Hysterotomy were not included in the 

table as their count was 0.


Table 4.3 Number of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Weeks of Gestation, Age, Race, and Marital Status 

Occurring in Louisiana, 2003 

Age Groups in Years Marital Status 

Weeks of Under 15- 20- 25- 30- 35- 40- 45 & 

Gestation Race Total 15 19 24 29 34 39 44 Older Unk. Married Unmarried Unknown 

All All 10642 103 1767 3899 2475 1356 692 266 12 72 683 4513 5446 

White 4316 35 753 1560 900 575 334 132 **** 23 375 2060 1881 

Black & Other 5623 61 882 2086 1431 695 313 108 7 40 228 1985 3410 

Unknown 703 7 132 253 144 86 45 26 **** 9 80 468 155 

8 & Under All 5358 33 780 1920 1275 749 382 170 6 43 379 2258 2721 

White 2333 10 377 840 476 320 196 94 **** 17 212 1104 1017 

Black & Other 2759 23 369 986 739 386 167 65 **** 22 129 1000 1630 

Unknown 266 0 34 94 60 43 19 11 **** **** 38 154 74 

9 All 1172 9 191 386 292 169 94 24 **** **** 79 518 575 

White 484 **** 91 151 107 81 41 10 0 0 47 253 184 

Black & Other 599 6 81 210 162 76 44 14 **** **** 19 203 377 

Unknown 89 0 19 25 23 12 9 0 0 **** 13 62 14 

10 All 944 11 153 382 211 104 62 17 0 **** 60 432 452 

White 329 5 60 133 64 43 20 **** 0 0 23 177 129 

Black & Other 554 5 82 222 139 56 36 10 0 **** 28 210 316 

Unknown 61 **** 11 27 8 5 6 **** 0 0 9 45 7 

11 All 670 11 134 252 154 73 29 13 0 **** 28 260 382 

White 249 5 60 88 45 26 17 6 0 **** 13 108 128 

Black & Other 366 6 60 147 94 42 10 5 0 **** 9 112 245 

Unknown 55 0 14 17 15 5 **** **** 0 0 6 40 9 

12 All 465 5 106 167 99 53 23 9 0 **** 26 214 225 

White 189 **** 44 61 41 24 12 **** 0 0 18 89 82 

Black & Other 247 **** 54 95 55 28 10 **** 0 **** 6 102 139 

Unknown 29 0 8 11 **** **** **** **** 0 **** **** 23 **** 

13 All 488 5 86 180 121 57 26 6 **** 6 17 158 313 

White 163 **** 26 60 41 21 9 **** 0 **** 8 65 90 

Black & Other 298 **** 53 114 76 31 16 **** **** **** 8 74 216 

Unknown 27 **** 7 6 **** 5 **** **** 0 **** **** 19 7 

14 All 280 6 57 104 66 27 12 6 0 **** 14 78 188 

White 107 0 25 33 26 11 8 **** 0 **** 7 37 63 

Black & Other 158 5 29 65 37 14 **** **** 0 **** 5 34 119 

Unknown 15 **** **** 6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 7 6 

15 All 228 **** 49 94 45 19 12 **** **** 0 9 80 139 

White 80 **** 21 29 16 5 5 **** 0 0 7 34 39 

Black & Other 137 **** 26 60 27 12 7 **** **** 0 **** 38 98 

Unknown 11 0 **** 5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 8 **** 

16 All 165 **** 40 76 28 12 6 **** 0 0 **** 57 107 

White 56 **** 12 28 8 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 29 26 

Black & Other 103 **** 28 44 18 9 **** 0 0 0 0 23 80 

Unknown 6 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 **** 



Table 4.3 Number of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy by Weeks of Gestation, Age, Race, and Marital Status 

Occurring in Louisiana, 2003 

Age Groups in Years Marital Status 

Weeks of Under 15- 20- 25- 30- 35- 40- 45 & 

Gestation Race Total 15 19 24 29 34 39 44 Older Unk. Married Unmarried Unknown 

17 All 118 **** 24 48 26 10 6 0 **** **** 8 56 54 

White 43 **** 7 19 5 6 **** 0 **** 0 5 21 17 

Black & Other 61 **** 13 25 16 **** **** 0 0 **** **** 24 35 

Unknown 14 0 **** **** 5 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 11 **** 

18 All 97 **** 17 41 22 9 **** **** 0 0 9 45 43 

White 34 **** **** 15 8 5 **** **** 0 0 5 19 10 

Black & Other 54 0 12 22 13 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 19 31 

Unknown 9 0 **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 7 **** 

19 All 125 **** 26 43 28 12 11 **** 0 **** 14 59 52 

White 44 0 5 17 10 6 6 0 0 0 7 21 16 

Black & Other 55 **** 16 18 10 5 **** 0 0 **** **** 23 28 

Unknown 26 0 5 8 8 **** **** **** 0 **** **** 15 8 

20 All 99 **** 17 40 23 15 **** **** 0 0 9 64 26 

White 42 0 5 17 11 7 **** **** 0 0 **** 30 9 

Black & Other 45 **** 11 16 10 6 0 **** 0 0 6 24 15 

Unknown 12 0 **** 7 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 10 **** 

21 & Over All 275 8 69 111 39 28 14 **** 0 **** 20 151 104 

White 101 0 12 46 22 12 5 **** 0 **** 13 51 37 

Black & Other 120 5 41 42 13 12 6 **** 0 0 5 60 55 

Unknown 54 **** 16 23 **** **** **** 0 0 **** **** 40 12 

Unknown All 158 **** 18 55 46 19 10 5 0 **** 10 83 65 

White 62 **** 5 23 20 5 6 **** 0 0 6 22 34 

Black & Other 67 **** 7 20 22 11 **** **** 0 **** **** 39 26 

Unknown 29 **** 6 12 **** **** **** **** 0 0 **** 22 5 


Induced Terminations by Parish of Occurrence and Marital Status 

In 2003, Louisiana has 10,761 Induced Terminations of Pregnancy reported. 714 of them were married women and 4,601 were 

unmarried. Marital Status was not known in 5,446 cases. 

Table 4.4 Number of Induced Terminations of Pregnancy 

by Parish of Occurrence and Marital Status, Louisiana 2003 

Parish Married Unmarried Unknown All 

Bossier 104 583 49 736 

Caddo **** **** 3110 3115 

East Baton Rouge 134 873 89 1096 

Jefferson 324 1997 147 2468 

Orleans 118 1058 2051 3227 

State Total 714 4601 5446 10761 

Out of State 31 88 - 119 



2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT DEATHS 

DEATHS 


DEATHS 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 

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DEATHS 

INTRODUCTION 

Purpose of Death Surveillance 

In addition to serving as the legal records of death, death certificates provide surveillance information used to describe patterns 

of death by gender, race, age, and cause of death. Monitoring of differences in death patterns within and among demographic 

groups permits identification of persons at high risk of death from specific diseases and injuries. This type of monitoring makes 

it possible for communities, healthcare providers, researchers, and government agencies to target resources where they are 

most effective in reducing the risks of mortality. 

Source of Data: Certificate of Death 

Mortality information presented in this report is gathered from data recorded on the Certificate of Death for Louisiana residents 

who died in the 2003 calendar year. Data are recorded on these death certificates by funeral directors, who solicit demographic 

information from available next-of-kin, and by physicians or coroners, who record information on time, place, and cause of 

death. Louisiana law requires that funeral directors send death certificates to the Vital Records Registry within five days of the 

occurrence of a death. State laws also specify that the identities of persons included in the death registry be kept confidential. 


to classify causes of death according to the revision of the International Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of 

Death (ICD) in effect at the time of death. Deaths that occurred in 2003 are coded in accordance with the tenth revision (ICD- 

10). 

All of the causes of death described in this report are underlying causes of death, defined as the disease or injury that initiated 

the sequence of events leading to death. Secondary causes of death, which are also recorded on death certificates, are not 

presented in this report. 

Unless otherwise noted, all statistics reported here are for deaths of Louisiana residents, regardless of the state in which the 

death occurred. The Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, a nationwide system of information exchange among all U.S. states 

and territories, makes possible the receipt of out-of-state deaths occurring to Louisiana residents. 



NUMBER AND RATES 

In 2003, there were 42,297 deaths in Louisiana, compared to 41,797 deaths reported in 2002 (Figure 5.1, Table 5.1). 

Number of Deaths 

Crude Death Rate 

44000 

42000 

40000 

38000 

36000 

Figure 5.1: Death Counts & Crude Death Rates, 


34000 

800 

1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 

Year 

1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 

Louisiana’s crude death rate increased in 2003 to 940.7 per 100,000 population from the 2002 rate of 932.4. Conversely, U.S. 

rates decreased between 2002 and 2003, when they were 847.3 and 841.9 deaths per 100,000 population, respectively (Figure 

5.2, Table 5.1). 

Caution must be used when comparing crude rates from different populations, because crude rates are affected by differences 

in the composition of the two populations (see definition in the Technical Notes section). For example, areas that attract people 

over age 65 usually have higher crude death rates than areas with larger numbers of young families, because people over age 

65 are at a higher risk of dying. 

Rate per 100,000 

population 

960 

940 

920 

900 

880 

860 

840 

820 

800 

Figure 5.2 Crude Death Rates 


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1000 

1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 

950 

900 

850 


Population 

Number 

Rate 

Louisiana 

U.S.

2002 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT DEATHS 

Table 5.1: Number and Rates + Deaths 


Louisiana Louisiana 

Year 

Number Crude Rate + 

U.S. 

Crude Rate + 

Year 

Number Crude Rate + 

U.S. 

Crude Rate + 

1984 35865 804.0 864.8 1994 38950 902.7 875.4 

1985 37041 825.7 876.9 1995 39539 911.0 880.0 

1986 36287 806.2 876.7 1996 39511 908.2 872.5 

1987 35759 816.6 876.4 1997 39917 917.3 864.7 

1988 37578 850.3 886.7 1998 40209 920.3 864.7 

1989 37503 856.0 871.3 1999 40976 937.2 877.0 

1990 37375 885.9 863.8 2000 40928 915.8 854.0 

1991 38092 895.9 860.3 2001 41495 929.2 848.9 

1992 37428 873.1 852.9 2002 41797 932.4 847.3 

1993 39490 919.4 880.0 2003 42297 940.7 841.9 

+ Rate per 100,000 population 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics 

National Center for Health Statistics 

Age-Adjusted Death Rate 

To compensate for differences in the distribution of ages, age-adjusted rates are used when comparing deaths in different 

populations (see definition in the Technical Notes section). The age-adjusted death rate is an artificial number, designed to be 

used for comparisons of different populations. Unlike the crude death rate, it does not measure the true rate of death in a 

population, and it should not be used in comparisons with crude death rates. 

In 2003, the age-adjusted death rate for all causes of mortality for Louisiana was 994.8 per 100,000 population, as compared to 

832.7 for the United States (Table 5.2,). The age-adjusted death rate for Louisiana has been one of the highest among the 50 

states. 

LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH 

Louisiana and United States Death Rates 

Based on rankings of 2003 crude death rates for the total population of Louisiana, the five leading causes of death were, in 

descending order: Diseases of the Heart; Malignant Neoplasms (Cancer); Cerebrovascular Diseases (Stroke); Accidents; and 

Diabetes Mellitus. Deaths from these causes accounted for 64% of all deaths among Louisiana residents in the year 2003 

(Figure 5.3, Table 5.2). 



Figure 5.3: Percent of Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death 


Malignant Neoplasms 

22% 

All Other Causes 

36% 

Accidents & Adverse 

Effects 

5% 

Diabetes Mellitus 

4% 

Diseases of the Heart 

27% 

Cerebrovascular 

Disease 

6% 

Rounding out the ten leading causes of death to Louisiana residents in 2003 were: Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases; 

Alzheimer’s disease; Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, and Nephrosis; Influenza and Pneumonia; and Septicemia. Louisiana and 

the United States shared the same ten leading causes of death in 2003, but differed in the rates at which they occurred, and 

thus their rank order. The three leading causes of death in both Louisiana and the United States in 2003 were heart disease, 

cancer, and stroke. Louisiana's crude death rates, however, exceeded the national rates for eight of the ten leading causes of 

death; only Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases and Influenza and Pneumonia rates were higher at the national level. The 

ranking of age-adjusted death rates was determined by listing the crude death rates from highest to lowest and then adjusting 

these rates for age, maintaining the original rank order (Table 5.2, Figure 5.4). 

Table 5.2: Rankings, Counts and Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death 




Crude 

Rank* Number Rate + 

Age-adjusted 

Rate ++ 

Crude Rate 

Rank* 

+ Age-adjusted 

Rate ++ 

All Causes - 42297 932.4 994.8 - 841.9 832.7 

Diseases of the Heart 1 11440 271.8 271.8 1 235.6 232.3 

Malignant Neoplasms 2 9459 220.2 220.2 2 191.5 190.1 

Cerebrovascular Disease 3 2504 59.9 59.9 3 54.2 54.2 

Accidents 4 2143 48.3 48.3 5 37.6 37.3 

Diabetes Mellitus 5 1730 40.6 40.6 6 25.5 25.6 

Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases 6 1708 40.6 40.6 4 43.5 43.3 

Alzheimer’s Disease 7 1176 28.9 28.9 8 21.8 21.4 

Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, & Nephrosis 8 1058 25.0 25.0 9 14.6 14.4 

Influenza and Pneumonia 9 908 22.0 22.0 7 22.4 22.0 

Septicemia 10 811 19.2 19.2 10 11.7 11.6 

*Rank is based on crude death rate per 100,000 population. 

+ Crude rate per 100,000 population 

++ Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 2003 U.S. standard population 


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Figure 5.4: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death 


Septicemia 

Influenza & Pneumonia 

Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, & Nephrosis 

Alzheimer's Disease 

Chronic Low er Respiratory Diseases 


Accidents 

Cerebrovascular Disease 



0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 

Rate per 100,000 U.S. 2000 standard population 

1994-2003 Louisiana Death Rates 

The top four causes of death for the year 2003 have been the leading causes of death in Louisiana for the past twenty years. 

The fifth-ranked cause has alternated among Diabetes, Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases, and Influenza and Pneumonia. 

Figures 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7, and Table 5.3 present crude death rates for the top five causes of death in Louisiana from 1994 

through 2003. Beginning with deaths occurring in 1999, the United States implemented the tenth revision of the International 

Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD-10). The ICD system categorizes death causes recorded on 

death certificates into groups useful for summarizing, describing, and comparing causes of death throughout the world (see 

Technical Notes). Figures 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7 present two versions of crude death rates for 1996, 1997, and 1998. The "filled" 

pointers for these three years report crude death rates as determined under the ninth revision of the International Classification 

of Diseases (ICD-9), which was used to classify deaths occurring from 1979 through 1998. The "unfilled" pointers report these 

same crude death rates after they have been adjusted mathematically to be comparable to ICD-10. 


Figure 5.5: Crude Death Rates for Heart Disease and Cancer 


300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

50 

0 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Notes: unfilled pointers ( and ) represent crude death rates multiplied by a comparability ratio. 

Disease of Heart: ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998 … 390-398, 402, 404, 410-429 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2002 ... I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51 

Comparability Ratio = 0.9858 

Malignant Neoplasms: ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998 … 140-208 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003 … C00-C97 


U.S. 

Diseases of Heart 


Malignant Neoplasms



Figure 5.6: Crude Death Rates for Cerebrovascular Disease and Accidents 


70 

60 


50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

Disease 

Accidents 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999* 2000 2001 2002 2003 


Cerebrovascular Disease: ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998 … 430-434, 436-438 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003 ... I60-I69 


Accidents: ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998 … E800-E869, E880-E929 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003 ... V01-X59, Y85-Y86 



50 

40 

30 

20 

10 

0 

Figure 5.7: Crude Death Rates for Diabetes 


1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 


Diabetes: ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998 … 250 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003 ... E10-E14 


Diabetes 

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Table 5.3 reports both unmodified (i.e., ICD-9) and comparability-modified (i.e., adjusted to be comparable to ICD-10) versions 

of the 1996, 1997, and 1998 crude death rates. 

Table 5.3: Crude Death Rates + for Selected Leading Causes of Death 


Cause of Death (ICD-9 and 

Comparability- 

ICD-10 code) 

Modified 1 

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Diseases of Heart 

(390-398, 402,404,410-429) 

(I00-I09, I11,I13, I20-I51) 

Malignant Neoplasms(140- 

278 279 271 272 271 267 268 267 273 259 255 248.4 254.4 

208)(C00-C97) 208 214 214 215 214 216 216 215 214 209 212 209.7 210.4 


(430-434, 436-438), (I60-I69) 55 58.6 59 58 57.5 62.5 61.4 60.9 60.9 55.8 58.7 57.4 55.7 

Accidents 

(E800-869, E880, E929) 

(V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 

Diabetes 

40.7 41 40.3 42 42.5 41.5 43.2 43.8 43.5 44.5 44.3 46.7 47.7 

(250) (E10-E14) 33.5 34.4 37.3 38.7 41.7 37.6 39 42.1 38.5 37.8 38.7 39.5 38.5 


1 Rate modified by comparability ratios. 

Notes: ICD-9 used in 1990-1998 and ICD-10 used in 1999-2003. 

DEATHS BY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP 

Mortality by Gender 

In 2003, there were 21,084 male (49.9%) and 21,213 female (50.1%) deaths in Louisiana (Table 5.4). The crude death rate for 

males (966.1 per 100,000 male population) was higher than for females (916.7 per 100,000 female population) (Figure 5.8, 

Table 5.4). 


sex-specific population 

1000 

950 

900 

850 

800 

750 

700 

Figure 5.8: Crude Death Rates by Gender 


1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 

Females 

Males 




(ICD-10 Codes) 

All Causes 

Table 5.4: Rankings, Numbers and Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Gender 


Overall Male 

Female 

Rank* 

- 

Number 

Crude 

Rate + 

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Rank* 

Number 

Crude 

Rate + 

Rank* 

Number 


(I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 1 11440 254.4 1 5662 259.4 1 5778 249.7 


(C00-C97) 2 9459 210.4 2 5028 230.4 2 4431 191.5 


(I60-I69) 3 2504 55.7 4 1005 46.1 3 1499 64.8 

Accidents 

(V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 2143 47.7 3 1470 67.4 7 673 29.1 


(E10-E14) 5 1730 38.5 6 758 34.7 4 972 42.0 

Chronic Lower Respiratory 

Diseases 

(J40-J47) 

Alzheimer’s Disease 

(G30) 

Crude 

Rate + 

6 1708 38.0 5 834 38.2 5 874 37.8 

7 1176 26.2 10 366 16.8 6 810 35.0 

Nephritis, Nephrotic 

Syndrome, & Nephrosis 

(N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 

8 1058 23.5 7 493 22.6 8 565 24.4 


(J10-J18) 9 908 20.2 9 382 17.5 9 526 22.7 

Septicemia 

(A40-A41) 10 811 18.0 12 348 15.9 10 463 20.0 

Homicide 

(X85-Y09, Y87.1) 11 596 13.3 8 493 22.6 - 103 4.5 

Suicide 

(X60-X84, Y87.0) 12 456 10.1 11 357 16.4 - 99 4.3 

Chronic Liver Disease & 

Cirrhosis 

(K70, K73-K74) 

HIV Infection 

13 389 8.7 14 237 13.3 15 108 4.3 

(B20, B24) 14 345 7.7 13 290 10.9 - 99 4.0 

Certain Conditions Originating 

in the Perinatal Period 

(P00-P96) 

15 280 6.2 15 159 7.3 13 121 5.2 

Residual 

*Rank is based on rate per 100,000 gender-specific population 

+ Rate per 100,000 gender-specific population. 2003 census population estimates were used to calculate rates. 

“-“ In cell indicates the gender-specific rate is not ranked in the top 15 

th th 

Note: Females: 11 rank - Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease, 216 deaths, rate=9.3; 12 rank – Pneumonitis due to solids and 

liquids, 136 deaths, rate=5.9; 14 th rank – Parkinson’s Disease, 117 deaths, rate=5.1


Mortality by Race 

Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period 

Of the 42,297 deaths to Louisiana residents in 2003, 28,947 (68.5%) occurred among whites, 13,075 (30.9%) among blacks and 

275 (less than 1%) among other races. The crude death rate in whites (995.7 per 100,000 white population) was higher than in 

blacks (876.4 per 100,000 black population) (Table 5.5). Throughout the 1990s, the crude death rate among whites increased, 

while that of blacks generally remained stable (Figure 5.10). 


race-specific population 

1000 

975 

950 

925 

900 

875 

850 

Figure 5.9: Crude Death Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Gender 


Chronic Liver Disease & Cirrhosis 

HIV Infection 

Suicide 

Homicide 

Septicemia 




Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease 

Diabetes M ellitus 

Accidents 


M alignant Neoplasms 


0 50 100 150 200 250 300 

Figure 5.10 Crude Death Rates by Race 


1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 


Male 

Female 

Rate per 100,000 sex-specific population 

White 

Black



(ICD-10 Codes) 

All Causes 


(I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 


(C00-C97) 


(I60-I69) 

Accidents 

(V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 


(E10-E14) 

Chronic Lower Respiratory 

Diseases 

(J40-J47) 

Table 5.5: Rankings, Count and Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Race 


Rank* 

All Races White 

Count 

Crude 

Rate + 

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Rank* 

Count 

Crude 

Rate + 

Rank* 

Black 

Count 

Crude 

Rate + 

- 42297 940.7 - 28947 995.7 - 13075 876.4 

1 11440 254.4 1 8069 277.6 1 330.2 221.3 

2 9459 210.4 2 6576 226.2 2 2829 189.6 

3 2504 55.7 3 1671 57.5 3 822 55.1 

4 2143 47.7 4 1550 53.3 5 571 38.3 

5 1730 38.5 7 948 32.6 4 767 51.4 

6 1708 38.0 5 1389 47.8 9 312 20.9 

Alzheimer’s Disease 

(G30) 7 1176 26.2 6 980 33.7 12 194 13.0 

Nephritis, Nephrotic Syndrome, 

& Nephrosis 

(N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 


(J10-J18) 

Septicemia 

(A40-A41) 

Homicide 

(X85-Y09, Y87.1) 

Suicide 

(X60-X84, Y87.0) 

HIV Infection 

(B20-B24) 

Essential(Primary) Hypertension 

& Hypertensive Renal Disease 

(I10, I12) 

Chronic Liver Disease & 

Cirrhosis 

(K70, K73-K74) 

8 1058 23.5 9 608 20.9 7 437 29.3 

9 908 20.2 8 682 23.5 11 219 14.7 

10 811 18.0 10 494 17.0 8 313 21.0 

11 596 13.3 - 116 4.0 6 473 31.7 

12 456 10.1 11 395 13.6 - 53 3.6 

13 389 8.7 - 85 2.9 10 303 20.3 

14 354 7.9 14 181 6.2 14 170 11.4 

15 345 7.7 12 251 8.6 15 91 6.1 

Residual 7294 5049 2199 

*Rank is based on rate per 100,000 race-specific population. For "Other" rank is based on number of deaths. 

+ 

Rate per 100,000 race-specific population 

****Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality 

Notes: White: 12 th Parkinson’s Disease, 225 deaths, rate=7.7 

15 th Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids, 170 deaths, rate=5.8 

Black: 14 th rank is Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal period(P00-P96), 190 deaths, rate=12.7 

1 

Other: rate not calculated because of instability due to low frequency 

“-“in cell indicates the race-specific rate is not ranked in the top fifteen. 

In 2003, the top three causes of death for both whites and blacks were diseases of the heart, malignant neoplasms, and 

cerebrovascular disease. Although the leading causes of death were similar among all race groups, there were considerable 

differences in race-specific crude death rates (Figure 5.11, and Table 5.5). Crude death rates among whites were notably 

higher than those among blacks for diseases of the heart (277.6 vs. 221.3), malignant neoplasms (226.2 vs. 189.6), chronic 

lower respiratory disease (47.8 vs. 20.9), Alzheimer’s disease (33.7 vs. 13.0), and suicide (13.6 vs. 3.6). Crude death rates for 

blacks substantially exceeded those for whites for Diabetes Mellitus (51.4 vs. 32.6), Homicide (31.7 vs. 4.0), HIV infection (20.3 

vs. 2.9), and Essential (Primary) Hypertension & Hypertensive Renal Disease (11.4 vs. 6.2).


Essential Hypertension and Hypertensive Renal Disease 

Mortality by Gender and Race 

Figure 5.11: Crude Death Rates for the Leading Causes of Death by Race 


HIV Infection 

Suicide 

Homicide 

Septicemia 




Chronic Low er Respiratory Disease 


Accidents 




0 50 100 150 200 250 300 

Rate per 100,000 race-specific population 

Age-adjusted death rates for the five leading causes of death in the major race/gender groups make direct comparisons among 

the groups possible. For the three leading causes of death, as well as nephritis, influenza and pneumonia, and septicemia, ageadjusted 

death rates for 2003 were higher in black males than in all other race/gender groups. 


Black 

White


Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 standard 

U.S. 2000 population 

Mortality by Age 

Table 5.6: Age-Adjusted Death Rates + 

Selected Leading Causes of Death by Race-Gender 



(ICD-10 Code) 

Race/Gender 

Rate 

Diseases of the Heart Total 271.8 

(I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) White Male 321.3 

White Female 207.0 

Black Male 382.2 

Black Female 271.5 

Malignant Neoplasms Total 220.2 

(C00-C97) White Male 262.2 




Cerebrovascular Diseases Total 59.9 

(I60-I69) White Male 54.9 




Accidents Total 48.3 

(V01-X59, Y85-Y86) White Male 75.3 




Diabetes Mellitus Total 40.6 

(E10-E14) White Male 33.4 




+ 

Rate per 100,000 U.S. 2000 standard population. 

Figure 5.12: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Selected Leading Causes of Death by Race-Gender 


400.0 

300.0 

200.0 

100.0 

0.0 

Disease of the 

Heart 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 


Disease 

Accidental 

Deaths 

Diabetes 

White Male 

White Female 

Black Male 

Black Female 

When examined by age group, the leading causes of death in Louisiana in the year 2003 followed the traditional pattern of 

mortality seen in the United States. Accidents, the primary cause of death among young people, gave way to deaths from 

chronic conditions such as cancer and heart disease in the middle-aged and elderly (Table 5.7). 

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Table 5.7: Rankings and Counts for the Five Leading Causes of Death by Age Groups 1 Year and Older 


Counts by Age Groups (years) 

Rank 1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+ 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

Accidents 

38 

Congenital 

malformations, 

deformations & 

chromosomal 

abnormalities 

11 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

5 


Diseases and 

Diseases of the 

Heart 

3 each 

Chronic Lower 

Respiratory 

Diseases 

Accidents 

52 

Congenital 

malformations, 

deformations & 

chromosomal 

abnormalities 

10 

Homicide 

Diseases of the 

Heart and 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

9 each 

Influenza & 

Pneumonia 

5 

Chronic Lower 

Respiratory 

Diseases 

Accidents 

383 

Homicide 

176 

Suicide 

79 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

25 

Diseases of 

the Heart 

Accidents 

294 

Homicide 

191 


the Heart 

77 

Suicide 

76 

HIV Infection 

Accidents 


362 


the Heart 

340 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

313 

HIV Infection 

160 

Suicide 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

1007 


the Heart 

889 


Diseases 

154 

Chronic 

Liver 

Disease & 

Cirrhosis 

104 

HIV 

infection 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

1740 


the Heart 

1361 

Diabetes 

Mellitus 

297 


Diseases 

253 

Accidents 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

2440 


the Heart 

2044 

Diabetes 

Mellitus 

453 

Chronic 

Lower 

Respiratory 

Diseases 

448 


Diseases 


the Heart 

3358 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

2656 


Diseases 

777 

Chronic 

Lower 

Respiratory 

Diseases 

621 

Diabetes 

Mellitus 


the Heart 

3316 

Malignant 

Neoplasms 

1193 

Alzheimer’s 

Disease 

844 

Influenza & 

Pneumonia 

2 

3 

24 

71 

104 94 204 385 475 409 

Top five 62 97 687 709 999 2248 3855 5770 7887 6370 

608 

Chronic 

Lower 

Respiratory 

Diseases 

Total 107 135 825 1016 1941 3636 5233 7635 11384 9781 

Mortality by Age and Gender 

The crude death rate for males surpassed that for females in every age group (Figures 5.13 and 5.14, Table 5.8). 

Rate per100,000 sex/agespecific 

population 

800 

600 

400 

200 

Figure 5.13: Crude Death Rates by Age Group 1-54 and 

Gender 


0 

1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 


Male 

Female



sex/age-specific population 

Mortality by Age and Race 

17500 

15000 

12500 

10000 

7500 

5000 

2500 

0 

Figure 5.14 Crude Death Rates by Age Group 55 and over 

and Gender Louisiana, 2003 

55-64 65-74 75-84 85 & Older All Ages 


Male 

Female 

Table 5.8: Death Counts and Crude Death Rates by Age Group and Gender 


Total Male Female 

Age Group ( Years ) Number Rate + 

Number Rate + 

Number Rate + 

Under 1 1 

604 885.6 335 963.2 269 804.8 

1-4 107 41.8 69 52.7 38 30.3 

5-14 135 20.8 80 24.1 55 17.3 

15-24 825 117.0 612 171.8 213 61.1 

25-34 1016 139.4 703 241.0 313 104.4 

35-44 1941 155.9 1220 384.7 721 215.5 

45-54 3636 309.8 2258 741.1 1378 428.3 

55-64 5233 857.6 3132 1552.0 2101 945.6 

65-74 7635 1878.7 4146 3346.1 3489 2256.2 

75-84 11384 4154.4 5422 7587.6 5962 5308.0 

85 & Older 9781 18355.1 3107 17122 6674 15211.4 

Unknown 0 0 0 

Total 42297 940.7 21084 966.1 21213 916.7 

+ 

Rates are per 100,000 gender/age-specific population. 

1 

Death rates for Under 1 Year (based on population estimates) differ from Infant Mortality Rates (based on live births). 

The crude death rates for whites were lower than those for blacks in all age groups except in the age group 5-14 years where 

the rates were appoximately equal. The gap widened with increasing age groups, reaching the greatest proportional difference 

in the 45-54 age group, in which the rate for blacks was almost double that of whites (Figures 5.15 and 5.16, Table 5.9). 

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Rate per 100,000 race/agespecific 

population 

Rate per 100,000 sex/agespecific 

population 

1000 

750 

500 

250 

Figure 5.15: Crude Death Rates by Age Group 1-54 and Race 


0 

20000 

15000 

10000 

5000 

1-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 


Figure 5.16: Crude Death Rates by Age Group 55 & over and Race 


0 

55-64 65-74 75-84 85 & + All Ages 



whites 

blacks 

whites 

blacks


Table 5.9: Death Counts and Crude Death Rates by Age Group and Race 


All Races White Black Other 

Age Group (Years) Number Rate + 

Number Rate + 

Number Rate + Number 

Under 1Year 1 604 885.6 237 639.6 358 1200.1 9 

1-4 107 41.8 32 22.2 73 68.5 2 

5-14 135 20.8 52 14.1 81 30.6 2 

15-24 825 117.0 465 112.2 350 127.7 10 

25-34 1016 171.7 487 129.7 518 260.9 11 

35-44 1941 297.8 1060 245.5 867 423.8 14 

45-54 3636 580.4 1963 459.1 1640 881.5 33 

55-64 5233 1234.2 3198 1032.8 1993 1868.1 42 

65-74 7635 2741.0 5272 2535.8 2304 3452.6 59 

75-84 11384 6194.4 8637 6053.0 2699 6844.7 48 

85 & Older 9781 15770.5 7544 16024.5 2192 15228.6 45 

Unknown 0 0 0 0 

Total 42297 940.7 28947 995.7 13075 876.4 275 

+ Rate per 100,000 race/age-specific population. 2003 census estimates were used for the calculation of age-specific rates. 

1 Death rates for “Under 1 Year” (based on population estimates) differ from Infant Mortality Rates (based on live births) 


Note: Rates were not calculated for records with age missing as there is no denominator with which to calculate the rate. 

The rates for “Other” were not calculated due to low frequency and unreliability of race coding, which create instability. 

Mortality by Age, Gender, and Race 

In 2003, mortality rates in Louisiana for whites and blacks showed significant differences among age groups (Table 5.10). 

Mortality rates for black males and females under the age of 5 years were approximately double those for their white 

counterparts. Within gender, the rates for blacks were higher than those for whites. The rates for black males were higher and 

almost double those for white males in all age groups except in the age group 15-24 years, where the rates were more or less 

the same. The rates for females reflected a similar trend; these were higher among blacks than whites, and almost double in 

certain age groups, except in the age group 15-24 years where the rates were almost equal. White females had the lowest 

mortality rates among all race and gender groups excepting the 85 and older age group. 

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Table 5.10: Death Counts and Crude Death Rates by Age Group, Gender, and Race 


Number of Deaths Rate + 

Male Female Male Female 

Age Group (Years) White Black Other White Black Other White Black White Black 

Under 1 Year 1 118 209 8 119 149 1 623.7 1375.7 656.0 1017.8 

1-4 23 45 1 9 28 1 31.2 82.7 12.7 53.6 

5-14 33 46 1 19 35 1 17.4 34.2 10.6 26.9 

15-24 347 259 6 118 91 4 164.2 190.0 58.1 66.0 

25-34 344 352 7 143 166 4 181.0 380.1 77.1 156.7 

35-44 692 520 8 368 347 6 320.6 556.2 170.5 312.3 

45-54 1293 942 23 670 698 10 605.5 1108.0 313.1 690.8 

55-64 1949 1158 25 1249 835 17 1292.5 2449.9 786.2 1405.3 

65-74 2904 1214 28 2368 1090 31 3066.2 4435.7 2092.0 2769.1 

75-84 4144 1252 26 4493 1447 22 7346.0 8743.6 5207.6 5762.0 

85 & Older 2384 702 21 5160 1490 24 17511.4 16261.3 15419.6 14786.1 

Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Total 14231 6699 154 14716 6376 121 996.2 950.4 995.2 810.1 

+ 

Rate per 100,000 race/gender/age-specific population. 2003 census estimates were used for the calculation of age-specific rates. 

1 

Death rates for “Under 1 Year” (based on population estimates) differ from Infant Mortality Rates (based on live births) 

**** In cell indicates count is greater than 0 and less than 5. 

Note: Rates were not calculated for records with age missing as there is no denominator with which to calculate the rate. 

The rates for “Other” were not calculated due to low frequency and unreliability of race coding, which create instability. 

Mortality by Selected Causes of Death: Crude and Age-Adjusted Rates 

Table 5.11 on the following pages describes deaths to Louisiana residents in 2003 from a number of selected causes. For each 

of the selected causes of death, the table includes counts for each gender/race/age group, and crude and age-adjusted death 

rates for all groups combined. 


Cause of Death and ICD-10 

Code 

All causes 

Certain other intestinal 

infections (A04,A07-A09) 

Tuberculosis(A16-A19) 

Respiratory tuberculosis (A16) 

Meningococcal infection (A39) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 

Table 5.11: Deaths (Exclusive of Stillbirths) by Selected Causes, Race-Gender and Age 

Louisiana Residents 2003 

Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

42297 940.7 ALL 604 107 61 74 330 495 1016 1941 3636 5233 7635 11384 9781 0 

14231 WM 118 23 17 16 135 212 344 692 1293 1949 2904 4144 2384 0 

14716 WF 119 9 9 10 58 60 143 368 670 1249 2368 4493 5160 0 

6699 BM 209 45 22 24 101 158 352 520 942 1158 1214 1252 702 0 

6376 BF 149 28 12 23 34 57 166 347 698 835 1090 1447 1490 0 

154 OM 8 **** **** 0 0 6 7 8 23 25 28 26 21 0 

121 OF **** **** 0 **** **** **** **** 6 10 17 31 22 24 0 

17 0.4 ALL **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 11 **** 0 

6 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 0 0 

8 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 **** 0 

2 BM **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

18 0.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 **** 0 

6 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 

7 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

4 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

17 0.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 **** 0 

6 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 

7 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

4 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 0.1 ALL 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BM 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3 BF 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 

Septicemia (A40-A41) 

Viral hepatitis 

(B15-B19) 

Human immunodeficiency 

virus (HIV) disease 

(B20-B24) 

Other and unspecified 

infectious and parasitic 

diseases and their sequelae 

(Other in A00-B99) 

Malignant neoplasms (C00- 

C97) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

811 18 ALL 8 **** **** 0 **** **** 12 16 73 83 129 248 235 0 

201 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 19 22 38 68 48 0 

293 WF **** 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** 18 24 35 98 108 0 

146 BM **** 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 6 16 23 31 39 23 0 

167 BF **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 5 20 14 25 41 55 0 

1 OM 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

130 2.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 20 54 24 18 11 **** 0 

57 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 26 10 8 **** 0 0 

30 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 **** 8 5 **** 0 

22 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 7 **** 0 0 0 

20 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 11 **** **** **** 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

389 8.7 ALL 0 0 **** 0 **** 5 71 160 94 43 13 **** 0 0 

71 WM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 11 28 17 10 **** 0 0 0 

14 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

218 BM 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 33 92 58 24 8 **** 0 0 

85 BF 0 0 0 0 **** **** 26 31 17 6 **** 0 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

117 2.6 ALL 5 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 16 18 16 34 19 0 

49 WM **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 6 7 19 5 0 

30 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 5 7 11 0 

19 BM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 5 **** **** **** **** 0 

18 BF **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 5 **** 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

9459 210.4 ALL **** 5 7 **** 10 15 69 313 1007 1740 2440 2656 1193 0 

3511 WM **** **** **** **** **** **** 18 90 334 662 957 1066 373 0 

3065 WF 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 18 99 253 467 780 955 484 0 

1492 BM 0 **** 0 0 5 5 13 44 213 338 387 327 158 0 

1337 BF **** **** **** **** **** **** 20 78 201 258 306 295 170 0 

25 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 7 **** 9 **** 0 

29 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 7 **** **** 0 



Code 

Malignant neoplasms of lip, 

oral cavity and pharynx 

(C00-C14) 

Malignant neoplasm of 

esophagus (C15) 


stomach (C16) 

Malignant neoplasms of colon, 

rectum and anus (C18-C21) 

Malignant neoplasms of liver 

and intrahepatic bile ducts 

(C22) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

140 3.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 7 32 35 37 14 14 0 

64 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 17 14 18 9 **** 0 

23 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 **** **** 0 

38 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 10 13 6 **** 5 0 

13 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

202 4.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 25 53 58 54 7 0 

117 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 15 30 37 30 **** 0 

29 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 12 **** 0 

41 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 7 7 0 0 

14 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 5 **** 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

210 4.7 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 22 37 40 68 38 0 

58 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 16 17 6 0 

39 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 **** 16 10 0 

66 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 16 12 21 10 0 

41 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 9 13 11 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

3 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 

994 22.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 26 106 155 230 295 176 0 

362 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 10 41 66 89 107 48 0 

319 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 22 39 66 99 86 0 

142 BM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 20 26 39 34 16 0 

166 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 23 23 34 54 25 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

3 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 

269 6 ALL 0 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 11 50 44 59 76 24 0 

137 WM 0 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 5 24 19 34 40 12 0 

57 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 6 10 26 9 0 

49 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 15 14 10 6 **** 0 

24 BF 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 6 **** 5 **** **** 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

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Code 


pancreas (C25) 

Malignant neoplasm of larynx 

(C32) 

Malignant neoplasms of 

trachea, bronchus and lung 

(C33-C34) 

Malignant melanoma of skin 

(C43) 

Malignant neoplasm of breast 

(C50) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

512 11.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 14 42 93 154 148 60 0 

186 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 19 35 56 57 14 0 

172 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 11 21 49 58 26 0 

67 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 10 16 21 11 6 0 

87 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 21 28 22 14 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

90 2 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 12 23 26 22 6 0 

35 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 14 9 **** 0 

16 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 9 **** **** 0 

32 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 14 **** 10 **** 0 

6 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2844 63.3 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 67 272 611 860 804 227 0 

1216 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 101 263 374 362 95 0 

859 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 22 56 151 261 285 81 0 

485 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 71 127 148 95 30 0 

270 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 43 66 75 58 19 0 

8 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

6 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 

91 2 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 9 10 19 18 21 10 0 

62 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 7 7 13 13 16 **** 0 

20 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 **** 6 0 

3 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

6 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

759 16.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 59 126 161 146 159 98 0 

9 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 

466 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 27 63 98 99 112 63 0 

2 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

277 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 32 60 59 44 46 31 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 



Code 

Malignant neoplasm of cervix 

uteri (C53) 


corpus uteri and uterus,part 

unspecified 

(C54-C55) 

Malignant neoplasm of ovary 

(C56) 


prostate (C61) 


kidney and renal pelvis (C64- 

C65) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

66 1.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 18 9 17 8 6 **** 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

29 WF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 **** 9 **** **** **** 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

36 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 11 5 8 **** **** 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

84 1.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 16 23 26 12 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

42 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 14 13 **** 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

41 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 9 13 8 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

222 4.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 30 31 59 68 24 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

169 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 18 23 47 53 21 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

51 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 11 8 11 15 **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

456 10.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 39 105 163 141 0 

261 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 18 55 102 82 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

191 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 20 50 61 56 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

233 5.2 ALL 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 7 23 60 59 56 26 0 

106 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 11 31 29 26 7 0 

71 WF 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 15 17 20 10 0 

34 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 8 8 7 **** 0 

21 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 5 **** 6 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 


bladder (C67) 


meninges, brain and other 

parts of central nervous 

system (C70-C72) 


lymphoid, hematopoietic and 

related tissue 

(C81-C96) 

Hodgkin's disease (C81) 

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 

(C82-C85) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

158 3.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 18 35 60 35 0 

93 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 14 19 38 16 0 

38 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 14 15 0 

18 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 9 5 **** 0 

9 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

211 4.7 ALL 0 **** **** **** **** 0 12 21 35 45 46 37 9 0 

98 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 17 23 17 16 5 0 

79 WF 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 5 11 14 23 18 **** 0 

14 BM 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 

18 BF 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 5 **** **** 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

850 18.9 ALL **** 0 **** 0 5 **** 12 23 75 116 217 274 121 0 

322 WM **** 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 21 49 94 112 29 0 

276 WF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 15 28 60 102 62 0 

134 BM 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 26 25 28 32 11 0 

113 BF **** 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 13 12 33 27 19 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

3 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

17 0.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 5 5 0 

8 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

6 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

1 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

315 7 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 8 25 43 73 111 48 0 

128 WM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 16 36 46 16 0 

116 WF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 14 20 50 25 0 

29 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 6 6 **** **** 0 

41 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 10 13 6 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 



Code 

Leukemia (C91-C95) 

Multiple myeloma and 

immunoproliferative 

neoplasms (C88,C90) 


malignant neoplasms of 

lymphoid, hematopoietic and 

related tissue (C96) 

All other and unspecified 

malignant neoplasms (Other 

in C00-C97) 

In situ neoplasms,benign 

neoplasms and neoplasms of 

uncertain or unknown 

behavior (D00-D48) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

304 6.8 ALL **** 0 **** 0 5 **** 6 11 22 39 79 93 45 0 

116 WM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 5 5 19 39 38 6 0 

106 WF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 9 11 21 35 25 0 

47 BM 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 6 6 9 17 **** 0 

32 BF **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 9 **** 10 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

212 4.7 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 27 33 63 65 22 0 

69 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 13 18 26 5 0 

47 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 18 15 8 0 

57 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 11 13 13 13 6 0 

39 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 **** 14 11 **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

1 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1068 23.8 ALL 0 **** **** **** **** 8 7 33 117 167 260 305 163 0 

385 WM 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 10 37 67 92 125 48 0 

361 WF 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 8 30 35 90 118 75 0 

176 BM 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** 7 31 36 43 35 17 0 

144 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 19 29 35 26 23 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

220 4.9 ALL **** **** 0 **** **** **** **** 10 13 22 36 75 50 0 

78 WM **** 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 6 5 7 16 31 9 0 

86 WF 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** **** 6 10 29 34 0 

30 BM 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 **** 10 **** 0 

25 BF 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 6 5 **** 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 

Anemias (D50-D64) 

Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 

Nutritional deficiencies (E40- 

E64) 

Malnutrition (E40-E46) 

Othe nutritional 

deficiencies 

(E50-E64) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

79 1.8 ALL 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 8 **** 10 6 7 16 25 0 

12 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

25 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 6 15 0 

22 BM 0 0 **** 0 0 0 6 **** 5 0 **** **** **** 0 

19 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1730 38.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** **** 11 50 136 297 453 475 305 0 

439 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 12 31 73 131 133 57 0 

509 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 61 120 165 137 0 

311 BM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 6 14 45 71 80 66 28 0 

456 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 19 38 88 118 109 79 0 

8 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

7 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

106 2.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 14 35 45 0 

19 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 9 0 

41 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 12 18 0 

20 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 **** 0 

26 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 14 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

104 2.3 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 14 34 44 0 

18 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 6 9 0 

40 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 12 17 0 

20 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 **** 0 

26 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 14 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

1 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

1 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



Code 

Meningitis (G00,G03) 

Parkinson's disease 

(G20-G21) 

Alzheimer's disease 

(G30) 

Major cardiovascular disease 

(I00-I78) 

Diseases of heart 

(I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51) 

Total Crude 

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Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

16 0.4 ALL **** **** 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 

5 WM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 

5 WF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 

3 BM 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 

3 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

269 6 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 10 54 127 76 0 

129 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 24 69 28 0 

96 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 15 42 36 0 

22 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 **** 0 

20 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 5 6 8 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

1176 26.2 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 14 85 468 608 0 

305 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 34 138 128 0 

675 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 37 252 377 0 

61 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 33 22 0 

133 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 45 80 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 

14889 331.1 ALL 24 6 **** 6 12 17 100 427 1092 1690 2615 4434 4462 0 

4922 WM **** **** **** 0 5 6 29 138 388 650 1024 1601 1075 0 

5425 WF 5 0 0 **** 0 **** 14 65 147 323 730 1724 2414 0 

2095 BM 6 **** **** **** **** **** 29 124 308 420 447 475 275 0 

2360 BF 9 **** **** **** **** 5 26 99 233 287 389 614 687 0 

53 OM 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** 13 6 13 11 6 0 

34 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 12 9 5 0 

11440 254.4 ALL 19 **** **** 6 11 13 77 340 889 1361 2044 3358 3316 0 

4027 WM **** **** **** 0 **** 6 27 128 342 561 856 1278 820 0 

4042 WF **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 9 45 115 256 547 1289 1775 0 

1588 BM 5 0 0 **** **** **** 21 93 242 336 343 337 203 0 

1714 BF 8 **** **** **** **** **** 18 73 175 201 280 439 509 0 

47 OM 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** 12 6 11 9 5 0 

22 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 7 6 **** 0 

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Code 

Acute rheumatic fever and 

chronic 

diseases 

(I00-I09) 

rheumatic heart 

Hypertensive heart 

disease 

(I11) 

Hypertensive heart and renal 

disease (I13) 

Ischemic heart 

diseases 

(I20-I25) 

Acute myocardial 

infarction (I21-I22) 

Total Crude 

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LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

31 0.7 ALL 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 15 **** 0 

7 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 

16 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 12 0 0 

4 BM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

4 BF 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

700 15.6 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 34 80 89 129 195 168 0 

132 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 15 22 34 32 22 0 

243 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 20 30 78 99 0 

133 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 10 23 28 32 32 7 0 

192 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 12 31 19 33 53 40 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

84 1.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 6 6 15 31 21 0 

17 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 9 **** 0 

17 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 7 8 0 

24 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 7 5 **** 0 

26 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 10 8 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7153 159.1 ALL 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 31 199 590 970 1331 2106 1919 0 

2767 WM 0 0 0 0 **** **** 11 86 259 435 603 865 505 0 

2351 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 20 70 169 336 771 982 0 

1020 BM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 10 55 164 233 226 213 118 0 

967 BF 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 6 37 88 126 157 244 306 0 

34 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 6 6 8 **** 0 

14 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 **** 0 

3485 77.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** **** 19 131 347 600 686 927 772 0 

1353 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 53 146 271 319 363 196 0 

1064 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 14 40 104 167 343 395 0 

557 BM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 9 38 106 145 112 96 50 0 

481 BF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 25 47 75 81 121 127 0 

24 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 **** 5 **** **** 0 

6 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 



Code 

Other acute ischemic heart 

diseases (I24) 

Other forms of chronic 

ischemic heart disease 

(I20,I25) 

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular 

disease, so described (I25.0) 

All other forms of chronic 

ischemic heart disease 

(I20,I25.1-I25.9) 

Other heart diseases (I26-I51) 

Total Crude 

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Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

51 1.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 6 5 6 17 12 0 

13 WM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 5 0 0 

22 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 6 10 0 

10 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

6 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3617 80.4 ALL 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 11 65 237 365 639 1162 1135 0 

1401 WM 0 0 0 0 **** **** 6 32 110 161 284 497 309 0 

1265 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 29 64 166 422 577 0 

453 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 16 57 88 111 113 67 0 

480 BF 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 12 40 50 76 121 178 0 

10 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 **** 0 

8 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

1194 26.6 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 31 92 140 188 315 422 0 

433 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 18 51 63 83 123 92 0 

414 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 10 24 46 111 220 0 

161 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 13 35 36 40 28 0 

179 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 17 16 22 40 80 0 

4 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

3 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

2423 53.9 ALL 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 5 34 145 225 451 847 713 0 

968 WM 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 14 59 98 201 374 217 0 

851 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 19 40 120 311 357 0 

292 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 44 53 75 73 39 0 

301 BF 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 9 23 34 54 81 98 0 

6 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 **** 0 

5 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

3472 77.2 ALL 19 **** **** 5 8 9 40 101 210 292 565 1011 1207 0 

1104 WM **** **** **** 0 **** **** 16 34 67 100 217 369 289 0 

1415 WF **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 6 20 33 66 177 421 686 0 

407 BM 5 0 0 **** **** **** 9 23 51 72 78 87 76 0 

525 BF 8 **** **** **** **** **** 8 24 53 54 84 132 155 0 

13 OM 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 5 **** **** 0 

8 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 

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Code 

Acute and subacute 

endocarditis (I33) 

Diseases of pericardium and 

acute myocarditis 

(I30-I31,I40) 

Heart failure (I50) 

All other forms of heart 

disease (I26-I28,I34-I38,I42- 

I49,I51) 

Essential (primary) 

hypertension and 

hypertensive renal disease 

(I10,I12) 

Total Crude 

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Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

17 0.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

4 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 

10 WF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

2 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

13 0.3 ALL **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

3 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

2 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

5 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

3 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1430 31.8 ALL **** 0 0 0 **** **** **** 8 39 89 209 437 638 0 

442 WM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 14 30 83 160 152 0 

657 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 21 64 187 379 0 

137 BM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 10 22 28 35 36 0 

191 BF **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 5 10 16 32 55 71 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

2012 44.7 ALL 16 **** **** 5 5 6 34 86 166 201 353 569 566 0 

655 WM **** **** **** 0 **** **** 15 31 53 69 133 209 136 0 

746 WF **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 5 18 27 45 111 230 305 0 

263 BM **** 0 0 **** **** **** 5 19 39 49 50 52 40 0 

330 BF 6 **** **** **** **** **** 8 18 42 38 52 76 84 0 

12 OM 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 5 **** **** 0 

6 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 

354 7.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 12 22 37 65 109 100 0 

62 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 5 14 25 11 0 

119 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 9 10 41 56 0 

75 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 11 9 17 15 12 0 

95 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 13 22 28 21 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 



Code 

Cerebrovascular diseases 

(I60-I69) 

Atherosclerosis (I70) 

Other diseases of circulatory 

system 

(I71-I78) 

Aortic aneurysm and 

dissection (I71) 

Other diseases of arteries, 

arterioles and capillaries (I72- 

I78) 

Total Crude 

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LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

2504 55.7 ALL **** **** **** 0 0 **** 13 68 154 253 385 777 844 0 

641 WM **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 8 33 65 103 226 203 0 

1030 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 18 27 48 130 322 480 0 

362 BM **** **** **** 0 0 **** **** 21 50 70 71 98 46 0 

460 BF 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 5 21 43 68 77 127 115 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

9 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

197 4.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 6 27 56 103 0 

53 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 9 20 20 0 

94 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 12 22 57 0 

20 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 9 6 0 

29 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 5 20 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

394 8.8 ALL **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 23 33 94 134 99 0 

139 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 7 15 42 52 21 0 

140 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 9 31 50 46 0 

50 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 13 16 8 0 

62 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 9 5 8 15 22 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

202 4.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 16 19 54 70 38 0 

91 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 6 11 26 33 14 0 

67 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 20 27 15 0 

20 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 5 **** 0 

23 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 7 **** **** **** 7 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

192 4.3 ALL **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 14 40 64 61 0 

48 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 16 19 7 0 

73 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 11 23 31 0 

30 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 8 11 6 0 

39 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 11 15 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

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Code 

Other disorders of circulatory 

system (I80-I99) 

Influenza & 

pneumonia (J10-J18) 

Influenza (J10-J11) 

Pneumonia (J12-J18) 

Other acute lower respiratory 

infections (J20-J22) 

Total Crude 

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Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

67 1.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 **** 11 12 17 16 0 

11 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

28 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 12 6 0 

13 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 

15 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

908 20.2 ALL 6 **** **** **** **** **** 6 14 37 47 112 267 409 0 

272 WM **** 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 5 10 17 43 93 99 0 

410 WF **** **** **** 0 0 **** **** **** 9 14 36 114 225 0 

107 BM **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 **** 8 13 20 28 30 0 

112 BF **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 10 **** 13 30 50 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

4 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

15 0.3 ALL 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** 6 0 

5 WM 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 

7 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 5 0 

1 BM 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 BF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

893 19.9 ALL 6 **** **** **** **** **** 5 14 37 46 110 266 403 0 

267 WM **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 5 10 16 43 92 98 0 

403 WF **** **** **** 0 0 **** **** **** 9 14 35 114 220 0 

106 BM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 8 13 20 28 30 0 

110 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 10 **** 12 30 50 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

4 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

5 0.1 ALL **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

1 BM 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



Code 

Acute bronchitis and 

bronchiolitis (J20-J21) 

Chronic Lower 

Respiratory diseases (J40- 

J47) 

Bronchitis, chronic and 

unspecified (J40-J42) 

Emphysema (J43) 

Asthma (J45-J46) 

Total Crude 

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Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

5 0.1 ALL **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

1 BM 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1708 38 ALL **** **** **** **** 5 **** **** 14 58 202 449 621 346 0 

657 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 16 70 191 253 126 0 

732 WF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 5 19 75 172 284 175 0 

171 BM 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 15 35 43 44 22 0 

141 BF **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 8 22 40 38 21 0 

6 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

17 0.4 ALL **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 9 0 

3 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

9 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 5 0 

1 BM 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 BF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

229 5.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 12 42 65 75 34 0 

92 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 16 37 26 10 0 

92 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 18 18 36 17 0 

29 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 **** 9 5 0 

13 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

62 1.4 ALL **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 5 5 8 10 12 7 0 

9 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 

17 WF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 6 **** 0 

16 BM 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 

20 BF **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 5 **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 

Other chronic lower 

respiratory diseases (J44,J47) 

Pneumoconioses and 

chemical effects (J60- 

J66,J68) 

Pneumonitis due to solids and 

liquids (J69) 

Other diseases of respiratory 

system 

(J00-J06,J30-J39, J67, J70- 

J98) 

Peptic ulcer (K25-K28) 

Total Crude 

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Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

1400 31.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 7 40 152 372 532 296 0 

553 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 53 153 224 111 0 

614 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 16 56 149 241 150 0 

125 BM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 7 27 38 34 17 0 

104 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 16 31 32 16 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

20 0.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 7 11 **** 0 

17 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 10 **** 0 

2 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 

1 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

235 5.2 ALL **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 8 11 28 66 116 0 

75 WM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 6 31 30 0 

95 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 13 16 60 0 

24 BM **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 5 7 0 

41 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 14 19 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

488 10.9 ALL 8 6 0 0 **** 0 5 10 34 50 102 161 111 0 

166 WM **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 23 36 71 21 0 

211 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 15 43 69 70 0 

56 BM **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 7 6 12 12 9 0 

49 BF **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 11 **** 9 9 11 0 

2 OM **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

4 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

50 1.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 9 8 **** 12 14 0 

9 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

21 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 5 9 0 

12 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 6 0 0 

6 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



Code 

Diseases of appendix (K35- 

K38) 

Hernia (K40-K46) 

Chronic liver disease and 

cirrhosis 

(K70, K73-K74) 

Alcoholic liver disease (K70) 

Other chronic liver disease 

and cirrhosis (K73-K74) 

Total Crude 

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Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

6 0.1 ALL 0 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 BM 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

3 BF 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

24 0.5 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 7 10 0 

6 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

12 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 6 0 

3 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

3 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

345 7.7 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 36 104 76 64 46 14 0 

169 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 20 54 41 29 22 **** 0 

82 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 19 12 19 21 9 0 

66 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 10 21 20 8 **** **** 0 

25 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 9 **** 7 **** 0 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

126 2.8 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 18 47 34 16 8 **** 0 

66 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 25 19 8 6 0 0 

21 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 10 **** **** **** **** 0 

32 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 10 10 **** **** 0 0 

6 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

219 4.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 18 57 42 48 38 13 0 

103 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 12 29 22 21 16 **** 0 

61 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 9 8 15 20 8 0 

34 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 11 10 **** **** **** 0 

19 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 8 **** 7 **** 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

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Code 

Cholelithiasis and other 

disorders of gallbladder (K80- 

K82) 

Nephritis,nephrotic syndrome 

and nephrosis 

(N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27) 

Acute and rapidly 

progressive nephritic 

and nephrotic 

syndrome 

(N00-N01,N04) 

Chronic glomerulonephritis, 

nephritis & nephritis 

unspecified, & renal sclerosis 

unspecified 

(N02-N03,N05-N07,N26) 

Renal failure 

(N17-N19) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

43 1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 6 6 **** 16 9 0 

11 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 7 **** 0 

20 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 8 6 0 

3 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

9 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1058 23.5 ALL 6 0 0 **** **** **** 7 26 70 145 211 329 260 0 

297 WM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 10 11 31 61 112 67 0 

311 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 34 54 106 109 0 

189 BM **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 10 24 36 42 42 30 0 

248 BF **** 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 6 27 43 48 67 51 0 

7 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

6 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

0 0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

7 0.2 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1051 23.4 ALL 6 0 0 **** **** **** 7 26 69 145 208 328 258 0 

297 WM **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 10 11 31 61 112 67 0 

310 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 34 53 106 109 0 

189 BM **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 10 24 36 42 42 30 0 

244 BF **** 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 6 27 43 47 66 49 0 

5 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

6 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 



Code 

Infections of kidney 

(N10-N12, N13.6, 

N15.1) 

Hyperplasia of prostate (N40) 

Pregnancy, childbirth and the 

puerperium (O00-O99) 

Other complications of 

pregnancy, childbirth and the 

puerperium (O10-O99) 

Certain conditions originating 

in the perinatal period (P00- 

P96) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

11 0.2 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 6 **** 0 

1 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

4 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

1 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

5 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

10 0.2 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 **** 0 

8 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

12 0.3 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 WF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

8 BF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

11 0.2 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3 WF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

8 BF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

280 6.2 ALL 279 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

38 WM 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

46 WF 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

117 BM 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

73 BF 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 OM **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 

Congenital malformations, 

deformations and 

chromosomal abnormalities 

(Q00-Q99) 

Symptoms, signs and 

abnormal clinical and 

laboratory findings, not 

elsewhere classified (R00- 

R99) 

All other diseases (Residual) 

(Other in D65-N98) 

Accidents 

(V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 

Transport accidents (V01- 

V99,Y85) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

198 4.4 ALL 109 11 **** 6 8 **** 6 9 14 9 5 9 6 0 

46 WM 25 **** **** **** **** 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 

57 WF 29 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 5 **** 5 **** 6 **** 0 

51 BM 30 5 **** **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

40 BF 23 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 5 **** **** 0 **** 0 

2 OM **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 OF 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

714 15.9 ALL 84 7 0 **** 0 10 22 32 33 47 67 133 278 0 

179 WM 20 **** 0 0 0 7 8 12 15 13 21 33 49 0 

303 WF 19 0 0 0 0 **** **** 8 5 10 26 66 166 0 

101 BM 23 **** 0 **** 0 **** 9 5 9 14 8 16 12 0 

126 BF 21 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 6 **** 10 12 18 48 0 

2 OM **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

3 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

3321 73.9 ALL 26 16 8 10 26 23 84 174 289 355 481 850 979 0 

937 WM 7 **** **** **** 7 7 26 57 105 130 151 259 180 0 

1399 WF 5 **** **** **** 5 6 9 34 56 104 187 395 592 0 

442 BM 9 6 **** **** 7 **** 24 46 77 65 70 82 48 0 

528 BF 5 5 **** **** 7 8 25 37 51 52 71 111 153 0 

8 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

7 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

2143 47.7 ALL 33 38 25 27 154 229 294 362 296 204 142 178 161 0 

1060 WM 12 11 6 8 89 137 168 195 152 97 70 63 52 0 

490 WF 6 **** **** **** 36 29 55 66 49 47 41 75 77 0 

396 BM 8 16 10 8 20 46 48 74 67 47 17 23 12 0 

175 BF 7 7 6 9 8 14 18 22 25 10 13 16 20 0 

14 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

8 OF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

1011 22.5 ALL **** 19 11 17 111 148 157 168 145 95 58 58 22 0 

480 WM **** **** **** 5 57 81 78 80 76 43 25 23 5 0 

203 WF 0 **** **** **** 33 18 30 29 16 19 19 23 10 0 

223 BM **** 8 6 5 14 33 28 42 37 28 8 8 5 0 

87 BF 0 **** **** 5 6 13 16 13 14 **** 5 **** **** 0 

11 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

7 OF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 



Code 

Motor vehicle 

accidents (V02-04, 

V09.0,V09.2,V12-14,V19.0- 

19.2, V19.4-V19.6,V20- 

V79,V80.3- V80.5,V81.0-81.1, 

V82.0-V82.1, V83-86, V87.0- 

V87.8,V88.0-V88.8, 

V89.0,V89.2) 

Other land transport accidents 

(V01,V05-V06,V09.1,V09.3- 

V09.9,V10-V11,V15-V18, 

V19.3,V19.8-19.9, V80.0- 

80.2,V80.6-80.9, V81.2- 

81.9,V82.2-82.9, 

V87.9,V88.9,V89.1,V89.3,V89 

.9) 

Water, air and space, and 

other and unspecified 

transport accidents and their 

sequelae 

(V90-V99,Y85) 

Nontransport accidents (W00- 

X59,Y86) 

Falls (W00-W19) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 

20.6 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

926 ALL **** 18 11 14 106 142 143 154 129 76 56 53 22 0 

429 WM **** **** **** **** 53 77 72 71 66 33 23 19 5 0 

193 WF 0 **** **** 0 33 18 27 28 14 17 19 23 10 0 

204 BM **** 8 6 5 13 32 25 39 33 22 8 7 5 0 

84 BF 0 **** **** 5 6 13 15 12 14 **** 5 **** **** 0 

10 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

6 

OF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

20 0.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 5 7 0 **** 0 0 

9 WM 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

2 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

7 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

2 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

65 1.4 ALL 0 **** 0 **** **** 5 13 11 11 12 **** **** 0 0 

42 WM 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 5 8 8 8 **** **** 0 0 

8 WF 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

12 BM 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1132 25.2 ALL 31 19 14 10 43 81 137 194 151 109 84 120 139 0 

580 WM 11 7 **** **** 32 56 90 115 76 54 45 40 47 0 

287 WF 6 **** **** 0 **** 11 25 37 33 28 22 52 67 0 

173 BM 7 8 **** **** 6 13 20 32 30 19 9 15 7 0 

88 BF 7 **** **** **** **** **** **** 9 11 6 8 13 18 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

128 2.8 ALL **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 6 13 21 12 35 36 0 

60 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 5 12 6 14 16 0 

40 WF **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 **** 17 12 0 

16 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 6 **** **** **** **** 0 

12 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 6 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 

Accidental discharge of 

firearms (W32-W34) 

Accidental drowning and 

submersion (W65-W74) 

Accidental exposure to 

smoke, fire and flames (X00- 

X09) 

Accidental poisoning and 

exposure to noxious 

substances (X40-X49) 


nontransport accidents and 

their sequelae (W20- 

W31,W35-W64,W75- 

W99,X10-X39,X50-X59,Y86) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

49 1.1 ALL 0 **** 0 **** 5 8 9 6 5 9 **** **** 0 0 

30 WM 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 9 **** **** 0 0 

5 WF 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

12 BM 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

76 1.7 ALL 0 8 5 5 **** 12 12 11 7 6 **** **** **** 0 

46 WM 0 5 **** 0 **** 6 9 10 **** 5 **** 0 0 0 

10 WF 0 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 

16 BM 0 **** 0 **** **** 5 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

4 BF 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

86 1.9 ALL **** 9 7 **** **** **** 9 9 14 9 12 8 **** 0 

25 WM 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** 5 5 **** **** **** **** 0 

19 WF 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 

29 BM **** 5 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 6 **** **** 5 0 0 

13 BF 0 **** **** **** **** 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

403 9 ALL **** 0 0 **** 19 49 88 128 71 26 8 10 **** 0 

247 WM 0 0 0 0 15 39 61 78 41 6 **** **** 0 0 

105 WF **** 0 0 0 **** 9 19 30 20 15 **** **** **** 0 

33 BM 0 0 0 0 **** **** 7 14 5 **** 0 0 0 0 

16 BF 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 5 **** **** **** **** **** 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

390 8.7 ALL 28 **** **** **** 11 10 17 34 41 38 45 65 96 0 

172 WM 11 **** 0 **** 9 7 13 15 18 19 27 20 30 0 

108 WF **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 5 6 9 28 51 0 

67 BM 6 0 0 0 **** **** **** 13 12 8 5 9 5 0 

41 BF 7 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 6 **** **** 8 10 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 



Code 

Intentional self-harm (suicide) 

(X60-X84,Y87.0) 


by discharge of firearms (X72- 

X74) 


by other and unspecified 

means and their sequelae 

(X60-X71,X75-X84,Y87.0) 

Assault (homicide) (X85- 

Y09,Y87.1) 

Assault (homicide) by 

discharge of firearms (X93- 

X95) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

456 10.1 ALL 0 0 0 **** 32 47 76 104 76 53 34 27 5 0 

312 WM 0 0 0 **** 20 32 45 66 49 41 27 26 5 0 

83 WF 0 0 0 **** 9 **** 12 23 21 8 **** **** 0 0 

42 BM 0 0 0 0 **** 8 15 10 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

11 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 OF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

313 7 ALL 0 0 0 **** 20 37 43 62 49 39 31 26 **** 0 

228 WM 0 0 0 **** 15 24 28 40 33 33 24 26 **** 0 

47 WF 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 15 14 **** **** 0 0 0 

31 BM 0 0 0 0 **** 6 12 5 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

3 BF 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

3 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

143 3.2 ALL 0 0 0 0 12 10 33 42 27 14 **** **** **** 0 

84 WM 0 0 0 0 5 8 17 26 16 8 **** 0 **** 0 

36 WF 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 8 7 **** 0 **** 0 0 

11 BM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 5 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

8 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

4 OF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

596 13.3 ALL **** 7 **** 6 64 112 191 100 63 31 7 7 **** 0 

80 WM **** 0 **** **** **** 8 14 15 22 11 **** **** **** 0 

36 WF **** 0 0 0 **** 0 9 12 **** 5 **** **** 0 0 

407 BM **** 5 **** **** 53 86 149 60 34 10 **** **** 0 0 

66 BF 0 **** **** **** 7 16 17 12 **** **** **** **** 0 0 

6 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

466 10.4 ALL 0 0 **** 5 50 99 175 71 40 18 **** **** 0 0 

56 WM 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 11 11 16 6 **** 0 0 0 

19 WF 0 0 0 0 **** 0 7 5 **** **** **** **** 0 0 

347 BM 0 0 0 **** 46 79 142 47 22 7 0 **** 0 0 

40 BF 0 0 0 **** **** 11 14 8 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

4 OM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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Code 

Assault (homicide) by other 

and unspecified means and 

their sequelae (X85-X92,X96- 

Y09,Y87.1) 

Legal intervention (Y35,Y89.0) 

Events of undetermined intent 

(Y10-Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) 

Discharge of firearms, 

undetermined intent (Y22- 

Y24) 

Other and unspecified events 

of undetermined intent and 

their sequelae (Y10-Y21,Y25- 

Y34,Y87.2,Y89.9) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

130 2.9 ALL **** 7 **** **** 14 13 16 29 23 13 **** **** **** 0 

24 WM **** 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** 6 5 0 **** **** 0 

17 WF **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 7 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

60 BM **** 5 **** 0 7 7 7 13 12 **** **** **** 0 0 

26 BF 0 **** **** 0 5 5 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

2 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

1 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

6 0.1 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

5 BM 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

103 2.3 ALL **** 0 0 **** **** 15 22 34 21 5 0 **** 0 0 

51 WM **** 0 0 0 **** 6 12 14 12 **** 0 **** 0 0 

41 WF 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 18 5 **** 0 0 0 0 

9 BM 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

2 0 ALL 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BM 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

101 2.2 ALL **** 0 0 **** **** 15 21 34 21 5 0 **** 0 0 

50 WM **** 0 0 0 **** 6 11 14 12 **** 0 **** 0 0 

41 WF 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 18 5 **** 0 0 0 0 

8 BM 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 



Code 

Operations of war and their 

sequelae (Y36,Y89.1) 

Complications of medical and 

surgical care (Y40-Y84,Y88) 

Total Crude 

Rate+ 



Race / 

Gender 

LT 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85 + UNK 

1 0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

54 1.2 ALL 0 0 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 5 8 9 17 8 0 

16 WM 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 5 **** 0 

14 WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 5 **** **** 0 

9 BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 5 **** 0 

15 BF 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 

0 OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

0 

+ Crude Death Rate per 100,000 population 

**** Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

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2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY 

INFANT AND MATERNAL 

MORTALITY 


INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 




INTRODUCTION 

Purpose of Infant Mortality and Maternal Mortality Surveillance 

The rate of infant deaths, i.e., deaths to babies between birth and 1 year of age, is a basic measure of the health of a population. 

High infant mortality rates reflect unmet medical care needs and unfavorable environmental, economic, nutritional, educational, 

and sanitation conditions. Infant mortality surveillance is used to identify factors that place infants at high risk of death, so that 

medical, social, and economic interventions can be directed more effectively to reduce the risk. 

An increased risk of infant death is related to a number of factors, including extremes in maternal age at birth (under 19 or over 

40 years), fewer than 2 years between births, birth under conditions of poor maternal health or nutrition, and use of chemical 

toxins such as alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes during pregnancy. Many of these factors are also associated with low birthweight. 

After the first month of life, poor infant nutrition, poor hygiene, and infectious diseases all increase the risk of infant mortality. 

Maternal mortality is defined as deaths from puerperal causes, i.e., complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the period after 

childbirth. These deaths can be related to previously existing maternal health problems, or they can occur from acute conditions 

arising during pregnancy, labor, or delivery. Such deaths are influenced not only by access to and adequacy of a woman’s 

obstetric care, but also by her age, nutritional status, and socioeconomic level. Comparisons of maternal mortality rates among 

populations help identify pregnant women at risk of dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth so that proactive 

measures (e.g., education, nutritional supplementation) can be taken to minimize the risk. 

Source of Data: Death Certificates 

Infant mortality information presented in this report is gathered from data recorded on the Certificate of Death for deaths that 

occurred to infants born to Louisiana residents during the 2003 calendar year. Maternal mortality data are also collected from 

the Certificate of Death. Data are recorded on death certificates by funeral directors, who solicit demographic information from 

available next of kin, and by physicians or coroners, who record information on time, place, and cause of death. Louisiana law 

requires that funeral directors send death certificates to the Vital Records Registry within five days of occurrence, and that the 

identities of persons included in the death registry be kept confidential. 


to classify causes of death according to the revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD) in effect at 

the time of death. Deaths that occurred in 2003 are coded in accordance with the tenth revision (ICD-10). All of the causes of 

death described in this report are underlying causes of death, defined as the disease or injury that initiated the sequence of 

events leading to death. Secondary causes of death, which also are recorded on the death certificate, are not presented in this 

report. 



MATERNAL MORTALITY COUNTS AND RATES 

In 2003, there were thirteen maternal deaths in Louisiana. Louisiana’s maternal mortality rate for 2003 was 18.6 deaths per 

100,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate for the 1993-2003 period was 10 deaths per 100,000 live births. 

Racial differences are evident as black mothers are far more likely to die of pregnancy related causes than white mothers are. 

Care must be taken when comparing maternal mortality rates over time, because substantial fluctuation in these rates exists due 

to the small number of deaths each year. 

For causes of maternal death, please refer to Table 5.11 in the death chapter of this report. 

Table 6.1: Number and Rates of Maternal Deaths by Race and Age 


Number of Maternal Deaths by Age Group 

Year 

All Races White 

Rate 

Black 

+ Number 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45 + All 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ All 

1994 10.3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 7 

1995 6.1 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

1996 12.3 8 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 7 

1997 6.1 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

1998 3.0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

1999 11.9 8 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 **** 0 6 

2000 7.4 5 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 **** 

2001 13.8 9 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 6 

2002 13.4 7 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 5 

2003 18.6 12 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 8 

1994-2003 10.0 66 2 4 2 1 6 0 1 16 6 14 11 8 9 1 0 49 

+ 

Rate per 100,000 live births. Note that rates are unstable due to small frequency of occurrence. 


PARISH 

Table 6.2: Maternal Deaths by Place of Occurrence, Reallocated to Mothers Usual Residence 

And Shown by Age and Race of Mother. Louisiana, 2003 

MATERNAL AGE 

TOTAL BY 

OCCURRENCE 

TOTAL BY 

RESIDENCE 

RATE+ 

RACE LT 15 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45+ UNK. 

STATE 

13 12 18.6 ALL 0 **** **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

**** **** 10.8 WHITE 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

8 8 30.7 BLACK 0 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

ACADIA 

0 **** 104.6 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 **** 136.6 WHITE 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

ASCENSION 

0 **** 70.3 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

0 **** 300.3 BLACK 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

CADDO 

**** 0 0.0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

**** 0 0.0 WHITE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

CALCASIEU 

**** 0 0.0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

**** 0 0.0 WHITE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

E BATON ROUGE 

**** **** 34.9 ALL 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

**** **** 40.0 WHITE 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

**** **** 33.0 BLACK 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

JACKSON 

0 **** 473.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

0 **** 1613 BLACK 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

JEFFERSON 

**** **** 15.9 ALL 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

**** **** 44.8 BLACK 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

ORLEANS 

**** **** 43.4 ALL 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

**** **** 55.3 BLACK 0 **** 0 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

OUACHITA 

**** 0 0.0 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

**** 0 0.0 BLACK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ST BERNARD 

**** **** 111.4 ALL 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

**** **** 134.6 WHITE 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

ST LANDRY 

**** **** 74.8 ALL 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

**** **** 161.0 BLACK 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 

TERREBONNE 

**** **** 58.9 ALL 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

**** **** 82.2 WHITE 0 0 0 **** 0 0 0 0 0 

+Rate per 100,000 live births. Rates are unstable because of the small number of maternal deaths 

****Cells suppressed to protect confidentiality 



INFANT MORTALITY COUNTS AND RATES 

In 2003, there were 604 infant deaths and 661 in 2002. Louisiana’s 2003 infant mortality rate was 9.7 per 1,000 live births. 

To help identify factors that lead to infant deaths, infant mortality is divided into two categories based on the child’s age at death. 

Deaths occurring during the first 27 days of life are labeled neonatal deaths, while those occurring from 28 days through 364 

days of age are termed postneonatal deaths. In general, neonatal deaths reflect problems with heredity, prenatal 

development, and the birth process; postneonatal deaths are influenced by environmental factors, such as nutrition, hygiene, 

and accidents. The distinction between these two periods, however, has blurred in recent years because of increased survival 

of premature infants due to advances in neonatology. 

Since the mid-1960s, infant mortality rates for both Louisiana and the United States have declined, largely due to advances in 

the development and use of antibiotics and vaccines, and improvements in the practice of neonatology. 

Number of Deaths 

Rate per 1,000 live births 

3500 

3000 

2500 

2000 

1500 

1000 

500 

Figure 6.1 Infant Death Counts and Infant Mortality Rates 


0 

0 

1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 

Figure 6.2 Infant Mortality Rates 


40 

35 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

0 

1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 


40 

35 

30 

25 

20 

15 

10 

5 


Rate 

Number 


U.S.


Infant Mortality by Infant Race 

Of the 604 infant deaths to Louisiana residents in 2003, 237 (39.2%) occurred among whites, 358 (59.3%) among blacks, and 9 

(1.5%) among other races. The racial difference in mortality rates has existed for many years at both the state and national 

levels. 

Year 

Number 

Table 6.3: Number of Infant Deaths and Infant Mortality Rates 


Infant 

Mortality 

Rate 1 


Neonatal 

Mortality 

Rate 2 

Postneonatal 

Mortality Rate 3 

Infant 

Mortality 

Rate 1 

Neonatal 

Mortality 

Rate 2 

Postneonatal 

Mortality Rate 3 

1984 984 12.1 8.0 4.1 10.8 7.0 3.8 

1985 966 11.9 7.7 4.2 10.6 7.0 3.7 

1986 925 11.9 7.7 4.1 10.4 6.7 3.6 

1987 870 11.8 7.7 4.1 10.1 6.5 3.6 

1988 808 10.9 7.0 4.0 10.0 6.3 3.6 

1989 834 11.5 7.3 4.2 9.8 6.2 3.6 

1990 796 11.0 6.7 4.4 9.2 5.8 3.4 

1991 754 10.5 6.6 3.9 8.9 5.6 3.4 

1992 736 10.4 6.6 3.9 8.5 5.4 3.1 

1993 752 10.8 6.8 4.0 8.4 5.3 3.1 

1994 715 10.5 7.0 3.5 8.0 5.1 2.9 

1995 639 9.7 6.4 3.3 7.6 4.9 2.7 

1996 586 9.0 5.6 3.4 7.3 4.8 2.5 

1997 629 9.5 6.2 3.3 7.2 4.8 2.5 

1998 606 9.1 5.9 3.2 7.2 4.8 2.4 

1999 618 9.2 5.8 3.4 7.1 4.7 2.3 

2000 603 8.9 5.7 3.2 6.9 4.6 2.3 

2001 642 9.8 6.4 3.4 6.9 4.6 2.3 

2002 661 10.2 6.6 3.6 7.0 4.7 2.3 

2003 304 9.3 5.7 3.6 6.8 4.6 2.2 

1 

Infant Mortality Rate = deaths to infants under 1 year, per 1,000 live births 

2 

Neonatal Mortality Rate = deaths to infants under 28 days, per 1,000 live births 

3 

Postneonatal Mortality Rate = deaths to infants between 28 and 364 days, per 1,000 live births 


National Vital Statistics Report, Volume 54, Number 16, table 6, p.21. 

Table 6.4: Infant Mortality Rates by Age at Death and Infant Race 


Rate + by Age (in Days) at Death Combined Rates 

Race Under 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 Hebdomadal 1 Neonatal 2 Perinatal 3 Infant 4 

All 3.3 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 3.6 4.5 5.7 12.7 9.3 

White 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.2 2.5 3 3.9 9.1 6.4 

Black 5.1 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 5.3 6.6 8.4 18 13.8 

Other 0.6 2.5 0.6 - - 1.9 3.1 3.8 9.3 5.6 

+Rate per 1,000 live births in age category 

1 Hebdomadal mortality rate = deaths to infants under 7 days, per 1,000 live births 

2 Neonatal mortality rate = deaths to infants under 28 days, per 1,000 live births 

3 Perinatal mortality rate = fetal deaths + deaths to infants under 7 days, per 1,000 fetal deaths + live births 

4 Infant mortality rate = deaths to infants under 1 year, per 1,000 live births 



Infant mortality rates for blacks have historically been lower in Louisiana than in the United States. Louisiana’s infant mortality 

rates among whites have historically been very similar to those of the nation, and 2003 mirrored the trend (Figure 6.3 and Table 

6.5). 


25 

20 

15 

10 

5 

Figure 6.3 Infant Mortality Rates by Race 

Louisiana and United Sates, 1983-2003 

0 

1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 

Table 6.5: Infant Mortality Rates, Neonatal Mortality Rates, and Postneonatal Mortality Rates 


Infant Mortality Rate 1 Neonatal Mortality Rate 2 Postneonatal Mortality Rate 3 

Louisiana United States Louisiana United States Louisiana United States 

Year White Black White Black White Black White Black White Black White Black 

1983 9.8 19.1 9.6 20.0 6.6 12.5 6.3 12.9 3.2 6.6 3.3 7.0 

1984 8.9 16.9 9.3 19.2 6.0 11.2 6.1 12.3 2.9 5.7 3.2 6.8 

1985 8.6 16.7 9.2 19.0 5.9 10.5 6.0 12.6 2.7 6.2 3.2 6.4 

1986 8.6 16.5 8.8 18.9 5.9 10.3 5.7 12.3 2.7 6.2 3.1 6.6 

1987 8.0 17.7 8.5 18.8 5.1 11.7 5.4 12.3 2.9 6.0 3.1 6.4 

1988 9.0 14.1 8.4 18.5 5.6 9.2 5.3 12.1 3.4 4.9 3.1 6.5 

1989 8.5 16.1 8.1 18.6 5.5 10.0 5.1 11.9 3.0 6.1 2.9 6.7 

1990 7.2 16.7 7.6 18.0 4.4 10.0 4.8 11.6 2.8 6.7 2.8 6.4 

1991 8.0 14.0 7.3 17.6 5.3 8.5 4.5 11.2 2.7 5.5 2.8 6.3 

1992 7.3 15.0 6.9 16.8 4.5 9.6 4.3 10.8 2.8 5.4 2.6 6.0 

1993 7.4 15.7 6.8 16.5 4.5 10.0 4.3 10.7 2.9 5.7 2.5 5.8 

1994 6.7 16.0 6.6 15.8 5.0 11.0 4.2 10.2 1.7 5.0 2.4 5.6 

1995 6.1 15.2 6.3 15.1 4.1 10.0 4.1 9.8 2.0 5.2 2.2 5.3 

1996 6.5 12.7 6.1 14.7 3.9 8.0 4.0 9.6 2.6 4.7 2.1 5.1 

1997 6.8 13.6 6.0 14.2 4.4 8.9 4.0 9.4 2.4 4.7 2.0 4.8 

1998 5.8 14.0 6.0 14.3 3.8 9.2 4.0 9.5 2.0 4.8 2.0 4.8 

1999 5.9 14.1 5.8 14.6 3.7 9.1 3.9 9.8 2.2 5.1 1.9 4.8 

2000 5.9 13.2 5.7 14.1 3.8 8.5 3.8 9.4 2.1 4.7 1.9 4.7 

2001 6.5 14.5 5.7 14.2 4.1 9.5 3.8 9.3 2.4 5.0 1.9 4.8 

2002 6.9 15.0 5.8 14.4 4.4 9.7 3.9 9.5 2.5 5.3 1.9 4.8 

2003 6.4 13.8 5.7 14.0 3.9 8.4 3.9 9.2 2.5 5.3 1.9 4.3 

1 Infant Mortality Rate = deaths to infants under 1 year, per 1,000 live births 

2 Neonatal Mortality Rate = deaths to infants under 28 days, per 1,000 live births 

3 Postneonatal Mortality Rate = deaths to infant between 28 and 364 days, per 1,000 live births 


National Vital Statistics Report, Volume 54, Number 16, table 6, p.21. 


LA 

White 

LA 

Black 

U.S. 

White 

U.S. 

Black


Infant Mortality by Infant Gender and Race 

As in past years, Louisiana’s infant mortality rate for males in 2003 was higher than the rate for females. Rates for black infants 

were higher than those for white infants, while rates for black males were higher than those for black females and whites of both 

sexes (Figure 6.4, Table 6.6). 


CAUSES OF INFANT DEATH 

20.0 

16.0 

12.0 

8.0 

4.0 

0.0 

Figure 6.4 Infant Mortality Rates by Infant Sex and Race 


1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Table 6.6: Infant Mortality Rates + by Infant Gender and Race 


White Black 

Year Total Male Female Male Female 

1993 10.8 7.4 7.3 17.5 13.9 

1994 10.5 7.3 6.1 17.2 14.8 

1995 9.7 7.1 5.0 17.1 13.2 

1996 9.0 7.3 5.6 15.1 10.3 

1997 9.5 8.4 5.1 13.3 14.0 

1998 9.1 6.5 5.0 14.7 13.2 

1999 9.2 6.6 5.2 14.2 14.0 

2000 8.9 6.3 5.4 14.1 12.3 

2001 9.8 7.3 5.7 16.8 12.0 

2002 10.2 7.7 5.9 1.6 1.3 

2003 9.3 6.2 6.6 15.7 11.6 

+ Rate per 1,000 race/sex-specific live births 

White 

Male 

White 

Female 

Black 

Male 

Black 

Female 

Leading Causes of Infant Death 

Perinatal conditions, congenital malformations, and ill-defined conditions, including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), 

accounted for 46.2%, 18.0%, and 25.5% of infant deaths in Louisiana in 2003 respectively (Table 6.5). Historically, these three 

have been the leading causes of death among infant deaths in the state (Figure 6.5 and Figure 6.6, Table 6.7 on page 121). 

Irrespective of cause of death, 35.6% of all infant deaths (215 deaths) occurred within the first day of life, and 38.6% (233 

deaths) occurred between the 28 th and 364 th day of life (Table 6.7). 


2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT INFANT MORTALITY: Selected Causes 

Beginning with deaths occurring in 1999, the United States implemented the tenth revision of the International Statistical 

Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD-10). The ICD system categorizes causes of death recorded on 

death certificates into cause-of-death groupings useful for summarizing, describing, and comparing causes of death throughout 

the world (see Technical Notes). 

Figures 6.5 and 6.6 present two versions of infant mortality rates for 1996, 1997, and, 1998. The "filled" pointers for these three 

years report infant mortality rates as determined under the ninth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9), 

which was used to classify deaths occurring from 1979 through 1998. The "unfilled" pointers report these same crude death 

rates after they have been adjusted mathematically to be comparable to the revisions in death coding implemented under ICD- 

10. Table 6.8 reports both unmodified (i.e., ICD-9) and comparability-modified (i.e., adjusted to be comparable to ICD-10) 

versions of the 1996, 1997, and 1998 infant mortality rates. As seen in Figures 6.5, 6.6 and Table 6.8, the change from ICD-9 to 

ICD-10 had only a slight impact on the infant mortality rates for Louisiana's leading causes of infant death between 1999 and 

2003. 

Table 6.7: Number of Deaths for Leading Causes of Infant Deaths by Age at Death 


Age at Death, in Days 

Cause of Death (ICD-10 Code) All Ages Under 1 day 28 - 364 days 

Deaths from all causes 604 215 233 

Perinatal conditions (P00-P96) 279 166 20 

Short gestation/Low birthweight (P07) 124 98 4 

Other newborn respiratory conditions (P23-P28) 33 10 9 

Congenital malformations (Q00-Q99) 109 39 34 

III-defined conditions (R00-R99) 84 5 70 

Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 70 0 63 



6.0 

5.0 

4.0 

3.0 

2.0 

1.0 

0.0 

Figure IM5. Rates for Leading Causes of Infant Death 


1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

Congenital Malformations 

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period 

Notes: unfilled symbols ( and ) represent crude death rates multiplied by a comparability ratio. 

Congenital Malformations: ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998: 740-759 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003: Q00-Q99 


Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period: 

ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998: 760-771.2, 771.4-779 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003: P00-P96 



INFANT MORTALITY: Selected Causes 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 

Table 6.8 : Death Rates + for Leading Causes of Infant Death 


Comparabilitymodified 

1 

Compa- 


1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 rability 

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

(ICD-9 and ICD-10) 

Ratio 1996 1997 1998 

Congenital Malformations 

(740-759) (Q00-Q99) 2.4 2.3 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.8 0.9064 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.7 

Perinatal 

Conditions 

III-defined 

Conditions 


2.5 

2.0 

1.5 

1.0 

0.5 

0.0 

Notes: unfilled symbols (, , and ) represent crude death rates multiplied by a comparability ratio. 

Disorders relating to short gestation and unspecified low birthweight: 

ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998: 765 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003: P07 


Other respiratory conditions of new born: 

ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998: 770 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2002: P23-P28 


Sudden infant death syndrome: 

All 

(760-771.2,771.4- 

779) (P00-P96) 

Short Gestation/Low 

Birthweight 

(765) (P07) 

Other Newborn 

Respiratory 

Conditions (770) 

(P23-P28) 

5.0 5.4 5.2 3.9 4.6 4.4 1.0581 4.1 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.2 5.0 5.2 4.3 

1.6 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.1060 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 

0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8455 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 

All 

(780-799) (R00-R99) 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0245 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.3 

Sudden infant death 

syndrome 

(798.0) (R95) 

Figure IM6. Rates for Leading Causes of Infant Death 


1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 

ICD-9 codes in 1979-1998: 798.0 

ICD-10 codes in 1999-2003: R95 


+ Rate per 1,000 live births 

1 Rate modified with the comparability ratios 

Note: ICD-9 was used from 1990-1998 and ICD-10 was used from 1999-2003 

Disorders relating to short gestation and unspecified low birthw eight 

Other respiratory conditions of new born 

Sudden infant death syndrome 

1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.0362 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 



Leading Causes of Infant Death by Race and Infant Gender 

In 2003, the three leading causes of infant deaths in Louisiana were Perinatal Conditions, Congenital Malformations, and Ill- 

Defined Conditions (ICD-10 codes P00-P96, Q00-Q99, and R00-R99, respectively). 

In 2003 the mortality rate for Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period was 431.3 per 100,000 live births, while the 

rate for Ill-defined conditions (termed by the ICD-10 as “symptoms, signs, and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not 

elsewhere classified”) was 129.9 per 100,000 live births (Table 6.9). Within the category of ill-defined conditions, SIDS is the 

largest and most well-known classification. Classifications which included fewer than 20 cases in an individual race-sex group 

should be considered unstable as in the case of SIDS. 

The high rates of mortality in the leading cause categories experienced by infants of other races were based upon very small 

counts of infant deaths and should, therefore, be considered unstable. 

Infant Mortality by Selected Causes of Infant Death 

Table 6.9 gives details of year 2003 counts and rates of infant deaths by causes of death, infant race, and infant sex. 

Table 6.9: Infant Deaths (Exclusive of Fetal Deaths) by Selected Causes ICD-10 Codes, 

Race-Gender and Age, Louisiana, 2003 

Cause of Death and ICD-10 Code Race- 

Gender 

All causes 

Certain infectious and parasitic 

diseases (A00-B99) 

Certain intestinal infectious 

diseases (A00-A08) 

Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of 

presumed infectious origin (A09) 

Tuberculosis (A16-A19) 

+ 

Rate 

Age at Death in Days 

Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 933.7 604 215 73 43 27 13 233 

WM 623.9 118 38 16 5 8 **** 49 

WF 655.5 119 44 14 9 5 5 42 

BM 1566 209 83 28 13 8 **** 75 

BF 1175 149 49 11 15 6 **** 64 

OM 982.8 8 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 

OF 127.4 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

ALL 23.2 15 0 0 **** 0 0 13 

WM 10.6 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

WF 27.5 5 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

BM 37.5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 

BF 23.7 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Tetanus (A33,A35) 

Diphtheria (A36) 

Whooping cough (A37) 



Congenital syphilis (A50) 

Gonococcal infection (A54) 

Viral diseases (A80-B34) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 16.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 15.8 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Acute poliomyelitis (A80) 

Varicella (chickenpox) (B01) 

Measles (B05) 

Human immunodeficiency virus 

(HIV) disease (B20-B24) 

Mumps (B26) 

Other and unspecified viral 

diseases (A81-B00,B02-B04,B06- 

B19,B25,B27-B34) 

Candidiasis (B37) 

Malaria (B50-B54) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Pneumocystosis (B59) 

Other and unspecified infectious 

and parasitic diseases and their 

sequelae (A20-A32,A38,A42- 

A49,A51-A53,A55-A79,B35- 

B36,B38-B49,B55-B58,B60-B99) 

Neoplasms (C00-D48) 

Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 

Hodgkin's disease and non- 

Hodgkin's lymphomas (C81-C85) 


Other and unspecified malignant 

neoplasms (C00- 

C80,C88,C90,C96-C97) 

In situ neoplasms, benign 

neoplasms and neoplasms of 

uncertain or unknown behavior 

(D00-D48) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 4.6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 10.6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 5.3 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Diseases of the blood and bloodforming 

organs and certain 

disorders involving the immune 

mechanism (D50-D89) 


Hemorrhagic conditions and other 

diseases of blood and bloodforming 

organs (D65-D76) 

Certain disorders involving the 

immune mechanism (D80-D89) 

Endocrine, nutritional and 

metabolic diseases (E00-E88) 

Short stature, not elsewhere 

classified (E34.3) 

Nutritional deficiencies (E40-E64) 

Cystic fibrosis (E84) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 4.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Volume depletion, disorders of 

fluid, electrolyte and acid-base 

balance (E86-E87) 

All other endocrine, nutritional and 

metabolic diseases (E00- 

E32,E34.0-E34.2,E34.4- 

E34.9,E65-E83,E85,E88) 

Diseases of the nervous system 

(G00-G98) 

Meningitis (G00,G03) 

Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, 

type I (Werdnig-Hoffman) (G12.0) 

Infantile cerebral palsy (G80) 

Anoxic brain damage, not 

elsewhere classified (G93.1) 

Other diseases of nervous system 

(G04,G06-G11,G12.1-G12.9,G20- 

G72,G81-G92,G93.0,G93.2- 

G93.9,G95-G98) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 0 0 0 **** 0 7 

WM 21.2 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 7.7 5 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 10.6 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 15 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Diseases of the ear and mastoid 

process (H60-H93) 

Diseases of the circulatory system 

(I00-I99) 

Pulmonary heart disease and 

diseases of pulmonary circulation 

(I26-I28) 

Pericarditis, endocarditis and 

myocarditis (I30,I33,I40) 

Cardiomyopathy (I42) 

Cardiac arrest (I46) 

Cerebrovascular diseases (I60- 

I69) 

All other diseases of circulatory 

system (I00-I25,I31,I34-I38,I44- 

I45,I47-I51,I70-I99) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 37.1 24 **** **** **** **** 0 16 

WM 21.2 **** **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

WF 27.5 5 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 

BM 45 6 **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 71 9 **** 0 0 0 0 8 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 **** **** 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 6.2 **** **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 4.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 13.9 9 0 0 **** 0 0 8 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 11 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 39.4 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Diseases of the respiratory system 

(J00-J98) 

Acute upper respiratory infections 

(J00-J06) 

Influenza and pneumonia (J10- 

J18) 



Acute bronchitis and acute 

bronchiolitis (J20-J21) 

Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified 

(J40-J42) 


+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 29.4 19 0 0 0 0 **** 18 

WM 10.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 11 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 59.9 8 0 0 0 0 **** 7 

BF 47.3 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 

OM 122.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 0 0 0 0 **** 5 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 0 0 0 0 **** 5 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 15.8 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Pneumonitis due to solids and 

liquids (J69) 

Other and unspecified diseases of 

respiratory system (J22,J30- 

J39,J43-J44,J47-J68,J70-J98) 

Diseases of the digestive system 

(K00-K92) 

Gastritis, duodenitis, and 

noninfective enteritis and colitis 

(K29,K50-K55) 

Hernia of abdominal cavity and 

intestinal obstruction without 

hernia (K40-K46,K56) 

All other and unspecified diseases 

of digestive system (K00-K28,K30- 

K38,K57-K92) 

Diseases of the genitourinary 

system (N00-N98) 

Renal failure and other disorders 

of kidney (N17-N19,N25,N27) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 30 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 122.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 20.1 13 0 0 **** 0 **** 11 

WM 15.9 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 

WF 11 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 30 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

BF 31.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 13.9 9 0 0 **** 0 0 8 

WM 10.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

BF 23.7 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 4.6 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 15.9 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 15.9 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Other and unspecified diseases of 

genitourinary system (N00- 

N15,N20-N23,N26,N28-N98) 

Certain conditions originating in 

the perinatal period (P00-P96) 

Newborn affected by maternal 

factors and by complications of 

pregnancy, labor and delivery 

(P00-P04) 


hypertensive disorders (P00.0) 

Newborn affected by other 

maternal conditions which may be 

unrelated to present pregnancy 

(P00.1-P00.9) 


complications of pregnancy (P01) 

Newborn affected by incompetent 

cervix (P01.0) 

Newborn affected by premature 

rupture of membranes (P01.1) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 431.3 279 166 52 20 15 6 20 

WM 200.9 38 21 11 0 **** **** **** 

WF 253.4 46 30 8 **** **** **** **** 

BM 876.7 117 74 21 7 6 0 9 

BF 575.8 73 40 9 9 **** **** 8 

OM 491.4 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

OF 127.4 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

ALL 88.1 57 48 **** **** **** **** **** 

WM 52.9 10 9 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 55.1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 157.4 21 18 0 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 126.2 16 11 **** **** 0 **** **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 55.7 36 29 **** **** **** 0 **** 

WM 26.4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 27.5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 112.4 15 12 0 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 86.8 11 7 **** **** 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 6.2 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 15.8 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 40.2 26 19 **** **** **** 0 **** 

WM 15.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 22 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 74.9 10 7 0 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 71 9 5 **** **** 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Newborn affected by multiple 

pregnancy (P01.5) 


maternal complications of 

pregnancy (P01.2-P01.4,P01.6- 

P01.9) 

Newborn affected by complications 

of placenta, cord and membranes 

(P02) 


involving placenta (P02.0-P02.3) 


involving cord (P02.4-P02.6) 

Newborn affected by 

chorioamnionitis (P02.7) 

Newborn affected by other and 

unspecified abnormalities of 

membranes (P02.8-P02.9) 


complications of labor and delivery 

(P03) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 3.1 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 6.2 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 10.6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 24.7 16 14 0 0 0 **** **** 

WM 26.4 5 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 22 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 30 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 23.7 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 10.8 7 6 0 0 0 **** 0 

WM 10.6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 15.8 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 13.9 9 8 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 15.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 11 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 22.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 4.6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Newborn affected by noxious 

influences transmitted via placenta 

or breast milk (P04) 

Disorders related to length of 

gestation and fetal malnutrition 

(P05-P08) 

Slow fetal growth and fetal 

malnutrition (P05) 

Disorders related to short gestation 

and low birth weight, not 

elsewhere classified (P07) 

Extremely low birth weight or 

extreme immaturity (P07.0,P07.2) 

Other low birth weight or preterm 

(P07.1,P07.3) 

Disorders related to long gestation 

and high birth weight (P08) 

Birth trauma (P10-P15) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 1.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 191.7 124 98 17 **** **** 0 **** 

WM 84.6 16 11 **** 0 **** 0 0 

WF 88.1 16 14 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 457.1 61 49 9 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 244.5 31 24 **** **** 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 191.7 124 98 17 **** **** 0 **** 

WM 84.6 16 11 **** 0 **** 0 0 

WF 88.1 16 14 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 457.1 61 49 9 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 244.5 31 24 **** **** 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 151.5 98 77 14 **** **** 0 **** 

WM 68.7 13 10 **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 71.6 13 11 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 359.7 48 37 8 0 **** 0 **** 

BF 189.3 24 19 **** **** 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 40.2 26 21 **** 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 15.9 **** **** **** 0 **** 0 0 

WF 16.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 97.4 13 12 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 55.2 7 5 **** 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Intrauterine hypoxia and birth 

asphyxia (P20-P21) 

Intrauterine hypoxia (P20) 

Birth asphyxia (P21) 

Respiratory distress of newborn 

(P22) 

Other respiratory conditions 

originating in the perinatal period 

(P23-P28) 

Congenital pneumonia (P23) 

Neonatal aspiration syndromes 

(P24) 

Interstitial emphysema and related 

conditions originating in the 

perinatal period (P25) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 13.9 9 **** **** **** **** 0 **** 

WM 10.6 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

BM 22.5 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 

BF 15.8 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 **** **** **** **** 0 **** 

WM 10.6 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 0 

BM 22.5 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 26.3 17 **** 9 **** 0 **** **** 

WM 10.6 **** 0 **** 0 0 **** 0 

WF 16.5 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

BM 52.5 7 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 

BF 23.7 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

OM 122.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 127.4 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

ALL 51 33 10 11 **** 0 0 9 

WM 21.2 **** **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

WF 38.6 7 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 

BM 97.4 13 5 **** **** 0 0 **** 

BF 47.3 6 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

OM 368.6 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 6.2 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 122.9 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Pulmonary hemorrhage originating 

in the perinatal period (P26) 

Chronic respiratory disease 


(P27) 

Atelectasis (P28.0-P28.1) 

All other respiratory conditions 


(P28.2-P28.9) 

Infections specific to the perinatal 

period (P35-P39) 

Bacterial sepsis of newborn (P36) 

Omphalitis of newborn with or 

without mild hemorrhage (P38) 

All other infections specific to the 

perinatal period (P35,P37,P39) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 4.6 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 245.7 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 13.9 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 31.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 24.7 16 9 7 0 0 0 0 

WM 15.9 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 22 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 52.5 7 5 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 15.8 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 21.6 14 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

BM 37.5 5 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

BF 55.2 7 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 18.6 12 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

BM 37.5 5 0 **** **** **** 0 0 

BF 47.3 6 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Hemorrhagic and hematological 

disorders of newborn (P50-P61) 

Neonatal hemorrhage (P50- 

P52,P54) 

Hemorrhagic disease of newborn 

(P53) 

Hemolytic disease of newborn due 

to isoimmunization and other 

perinatal jaundice (P55-P59) 

Hematological disorders (P60-P61) 

Syndrome of infant of a diabetic 

mother and neonatal diabetes 

mellitus (P70.0-P70.2) 

Necrotizing enterocolitis of 

newborn (P77) 

Hydrops fetalis not due to 

hemolytic disease (P83.2) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 7.7 5 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

WM 10.6 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

WF 16.5 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 7.7 5 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

WM 10.6 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

WF 16.5 **** 0 **** 0 **** 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 0 **** **** **** **** 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 22.5 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 

BF 39.4 5 0 0 **** **** **** 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

WM 5.3 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Other perinatal conditions 

(P29,P70.3-P70.9,P71-P76,P78- 

P81,P83.0-P83.1,P83.3- 

P83.9,P90-P96) 

Congenital malformations, 

deformations and chromosomal 

abnormalities (Q00-Q99) 

Anencephaly and similar 

malformations (Q00) 

Congenital hydrocephalus (Q03) 

Spina bifida (Q05) 

Other congenital malformations of 

nervous system (Q01- 

Q02,Q04,Q06-Q07) 

Congenital malformations of heart 

(Q20-Q24) 

Other congenital malformations of 

circulatory system (Q25-Q28) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 15.5 10 5 0 **** **** 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

WF 11 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 30 **** **** 0 **** **** 0 0 

BF 23.7 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 168.5 109 39 15 14 6 **** 34 

WM 132.2 25 12 **** **** **** 0 6 

WF 159.7 29 12 5 **** **** 0 7 

BM 224.8 30 7 5 **** 0 **** 14 

BF 181.4 23 8 **** 5 **** 0 6 

OM 245.7 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 6 **** **** 0 0 0 

WM 10.6 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 22 **** **** 0 **** 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 4.6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 23.7 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 6.2 **** **** 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 49.5 32 **** **** 9 **** 0 15 

WM 47.6 9 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** 

WF 44.1 8 **** 0 **** **** 0 **** 

BM 52.5 7 **** 0 **** 0 0 5 

BF 55.2 7 0 **** **** 0 0 **** 

OM 122.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 7.7 5 0 **** 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Congenital malformations of 

respiratory system (Q30-Q34) 


digestive system (Q35-Q45) 


genitourinary system (Q50-Q64) 

Congenital malformations and 

deformations of musculoskeletal 

system, limbs and integument 

(Q65-Q85) 

Down's syndrome (Q90) 

Edward's syndrome (Q91.0-Q91.3) 

Patau's syndrome (Q91.4-Q91.7) 

Other congenital malformations 

and deformations (Q10-Q18,Q86- 

Q89) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 21.6 14 10 **** 0 0 **** **** 

WM 26.4 5 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

WF 11 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 37.5 5 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 

BF 15.8 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 7.7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 15.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 **** **** **** 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 **** **** **** 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 11 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 23.7 **** **** **** **** 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 9.3 6 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

WM 15.9 **** **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

BF 7.9 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 24.7 16 8 **** 0 0 0 5 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 38.6 7 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

BM 30 **** **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

BF 23.7 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 122.9 **** 0 **** 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Other chromosomal abnormalities, 

not elsewhere classified (Q92- 

Q99) 

Symptoms, signs and abnormal 

clinical and laboratory findings, not 

elsewhere classified (R00-R99) 

Sudden infant death syndrome 

(R95) 

Other symptoms, signs and 

abnormal clinical and laboratory 

findings, not elsewhere classified 

(R00-R53,R55-R94,R96-R99) 

All other diseases (Residual) (F01- 

F99,H00-H57,L00-M99) 

External causes of mortality (V01- 

Y89) 

Accidents (V01-X59,Y85-Y86) 

Transport accidents (V01- 

V99,Y85) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 **** 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 129.9 84 5 **** **** 0 **** 70 

WM 105.8 20 **** **** 0 0 0 16 

WF 104.7 19 **** 0 **** 0 **** 14 

BM 172.3 23 **** **** **** 0 0 19 

BF 165.6 21 0 0 **** 0 0 20 

OM 122.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 108.2 70 0 0 **** 0 **** 63 

WM 84.6 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 

WF 82.6 15 0 0 **** 0 **** 11 

BM 134.9 18 0 0 **** 0 0 16 

BF 157.8 20 0 0 **** 0 0 19 

OM 122.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 21.6 14 5 **** 0 0 0 7 

WM 21.2 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 

WF 22 **** **** 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 37.5 5 **** **** 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 58.7 38 0 **** **** **** **** 34 

WM 74 14 0 **** **** 0 0 12 

WF 38.6 7 0 0 0 **** 0 6 

BM 74.9 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 

BF 55.2 7 0 0 0 0 **** 6 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 51 33 0 **** **** **** **** 29 

WM 63.5 12 0 **** **** 0 0 10 

WF 33.1 6 0 0 0 **** 0 5 

BM 59.9 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 

BF 55.2 7 0 0 0 0 **** 6 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Motor vehicle accidents (V02- 

V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0- 

V19.2,V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79, 

V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0- 

V82.1,V83-V86,V87.0-V87.8, 

V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2) 

Other and unspecified transport 

accidents & their sequelae (V01, 

V05-V06,V09.1,V09.3-V09.9,V10- 

V11,V15-V18,V19.3,V19.8-V19.9, 

V80.0-V80.2,V80.6-V80.9,V81.2- 

V81.9,V82.2-V82.9,V87.9,V88.9, 

V89.1,V89.3,V89.9,V90-V99,Y85) 


Accidental discharge of firearms 

(W32-W34) 

Accidental drowning and 

submersion (W65-W74) 

Accidental suffocation and 

strangulation in bed (W75) 

Other accidental suffocation and 

strangulation (W76-W77,W81- 

W84) 

Accidental inhalation and ingestion 

of food or other objects causing 

obstruction of respiratory tract 

(W78-W80) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 24.7 16 0 **** 0 **** **** 13 

WM 31.7 6 0 **** 0 0 0 5 

WF 16.5 **** 0 0 0 **** 0 **** 

BM 22.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 31.6 **** 0 0 0 0 **** **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 12.4 8 0 0 **** 0 0 7 

WM 26.4 5 0 0 **** 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 15 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 7.9 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 15.8 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Accidents caused by exposure to 

smoke, fire and flames (X00-X09) 

Accidental poisoning and exposure 

to noxious substances (X40-X49) 

Other and unspecified accidents 

and their sequelae (W20- 

W31,W35-W64,W85-W99,X10- 

X39,X50-X59,Y86) 

Assault (homicide) (X85- 

Y09,Y87.1) 

Assault (homicide) by hanging, 

strangulation and suffocation (X91) 

Assault (homicide) by discharge of 

firearms (X93-X95) 

Neglect, abandonment and other 

maltreatment syndromes (Y06- 

Y07) 

Assault (homicide) by other and 

unspecified means and their 

sequelae (X85-X90,X92,X96- 

X99,Y00-Y05,Y08-Y09,Y87.1) 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 6.2 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 15 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 5.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 3.1 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 7.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 






Gender 

Complications of medical and 

surgical care (Y40-Y84,Y88) 

Other external causes and their 

sequelae (X60-X84,Y10- 

Y36,Y87.0,Y87.2,Y89) 

+ Rate Per 100,000 Live Births 

**** Cells suppressed to maintain confidentiality 

+ 

Rate 


Total LT 1 1-6 7-13 14-20 21-27 28-364 

ALL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

ALL 1.5 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WM 5.3 **** 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

WF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

BF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

OF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 




2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 

MARRIAGES 

AND DIVORCES 


MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 



Purpose of Surveillance 

INTRODUCTION 

Marriage and divorce certificates serve as legal documentation of marital status and provide limited surveillance information 

useful in describing current and changing societal attitudes that impact individual and family relationships. Successful marriages 

often result in emotional and economic supports helpful in achieving adequate levels of health and living standards for family 

members. Divorce is associated with the loss of psychological and economic support, as well as an increase in the risk of poor 

health and economic disadvantage for family members. Changes in marriage and divorce rates and demographics, such as the 

average age at marriage, can indicate population shifts in family size and family economic stability. 

Source of Data: Certificate of Marriage 

Information on marriages presented in this report is obtained from data recorded on the Certificate of Marriage completed for 

marriages that occurred in Louisiana in the 2003 calendar year. Louisiana law requires that marriage certificates be submitted 

by the parish clerks of court to the Vital Records Registry prior to the tenth of the month following the marriage. The law also 

requires that the Social Security numbers of the bride and groom remain confidential. 

Source of Data: Certificate of Divorce or Annulment 

Divorce information presented in this report is obtained from the Certificate of Divorce or Annulment and from summary divorce 

counts submitted by parish clerks of court for divorces that occurred in Louisiana in the 2003 calendar year. Louisiana law 

requires that divorce certificates be submitted to the Vital Records Registry prior to the tenth of the month following the divorce, 

and that the identities of the registrants remain confidential. 

Unfortunately, many Louisiana parishes do not submit divorce certificates to the central registry, and incomplete information is 

submitted by many parishes which do file these certificates. The divorce tabulations included in this report reflect summary 

divorce counts made by the clerks of court, as well as data derived from actual certificates received in the central office. 

Because of poor reporting, Louisiana is excluded from the national divorce registration system. 



MARRIAGE 

Counts and Rates 

The number of marriages by parish in 2003 is presented in table 7.1. In 2003, 37,288 marriages were celebrated in Louisiana, 

an increase from 36,545 in 2002 (Table 7.2). 

Louisiana’s 2003 marriage rate was 8.3 per 1,000 population. The rate for 2002 was 8.2 (Table 7.2). National and state 

marriage rates were approximately equal in the early 1990s, but the state rate rose to a level slightly higher than the national 

rate as the decade progressed. 

Parish 

By Parish of 

Issue of 

License 

Table 7.1 Number of Marriages by Parish, 



Occurrence 


Parish 


Issue of 

License 


Occurrence 

Acadia 458 507 Morehouse 183 190 

Allen 203 229 Natchitoches 328 333 

Ascension 648 618 Orleans 5229 5950 

Assumption 171 171 Ouachita 1042 993 

Avoyelles 355 359 Plaquemines 165 173 

Beauregard 314 329 Pointe Coupee 131 157 

Bienville 104 124 Rapides 1129 1093 

Bossier 747 831 Red River 88 81 

Caddo 2301 2034 Richland 163 174 

Calcasieu 1936 1772 Sabine 195 214 

Caldwell 99 94 St. Bernard 530 476 

Cameron 63 89 St. Charles 317 288 

Catahoula 90 94 St. Helena 49 66 

Claiborne 101 117 St. James 122 178 

Concordia 171 174 St. John 236 234 

DeSoto 196 242 St. Landry 699 681 

East Baton Rouge 3554 3162 St. Martin 284 333 

East Carroll 32 51 St. Mary 408 419 

East Feliciana 128 162 St. Tammany 1846 1705 

Evangeline 238 267 Tangipahoa 929 834 

Franklin 176 176 Tensas 31 36 

Grant 108 145 Terrebonne 800 884 

Iberia 521 516 Union 167 183 

Iberville 197 218 Vermilion 446 446 

Jackson 128 114 Vernon 631 620 

Jefferson 2932 2720 Washington 409 394 

Jefferson Davis 221 232 Webster 318 294 

Lafayette 1605 1467 West Baton Rouge 191 179 

Lafourche 684 617 West Carroll 82 89 

LaSalle 151 150 West Feliciana 83 146 

Lincoln 340 291 Winn 108 144 

Livingstone 762 886 Out of State - 157 

Madison 215 183 State Total 37288 37288 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics


Table 7.2 Marriages in Louisiana and United States, 1990 - 2003 


Year Number Rate + Rate + 

1990 40443 9.6 9.8 

1991 39161 9.3 9.4 

1992 40053 9.4 9.3 

1993 39364 9.1 9.0 

1994 40405 9.4 9.1 

1995 40516 9.3 8.9 

1996 40221 9.2 8.8 

1997 39662 9.1 8.9 

1998 39544 9.1 8.4 

1999 41343 9.5 8.6 

2000 40561 9.1 8.4 1 

2001 37628 8.4 8.2 2 

2002 36545 8.2 7.8 3 

2003 37288 8.3 7.7 4 

+ Rate per 1,000 population 

US Marriage Rates: Births, Marriages, Divorces, and Deaths: 1 2000 (NVSR, Volume 51, Number 10), 

2 2001 (Volume 52, Number 22), 3 2002 (Volume 53, Number 21), 4 2003 (Volume 54, Number 20, 

Marriage rates may be underestimated because of incomplete reporting in Oklahoma). 

Louisiana rates are based on parish of occurrence. 


Age of the Bride and Groom 

In 2003, the 27.5 percent of Louisiana brides were in the 20-24 year age group, while 22.4 percent of the grooms were both in 

the 20-24 and 25-29 year age groups (Table 7.3). 


Groom 

Table 7.3 Number of Marriages by Age of Groom and Age of Bride 


Age of Bride 

Total 

Less than 15 15-17 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70 &+ Unk. 

Total 37288 3 379 2521 10253 7733 5149 3681 2891 2121 1169 610 351 211 199 17 

Under 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

15-17 58 0 23 19 9 **** **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 0 

18-19 1049 0 130 551 294 51 6 **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

20-24 8355 **** 185 1541 5300 1007 224 66 19 7 **** 0 0 0 **** **** 

25-29 8344 **** 29 298 3384 3432 884 232 60 12 6 **** **** 0 0 **** 

30-34 5753 0 **** 64 860 2071 1819 642 193 69 21 6 **** 0 0 **** 

35-39 4059 0 5 25 256 759 1195 1121 479 167 38 10 **** 0 **** **** 

40-44 3188 **** **** 8 105 263 608 842 835 389 97 29 **** **** **** **** 

45-49 2419 0 0 5 30 97 261 459 655 620 210 52 18 7 **** **** 

50-54 1697 0 **** 7 10 33 92 191 391 475 372 90 21 10 **** **** 

55-59 975 0 **** 0 **** 11 32 70 155 229 230 185 48 11 **** 0 

60-64 599 0 0 0 0 5 12 31 62 97 118 132 103 31 7 **** 

65-69 343 0 0 0 0 **** **** 9 29 28 43 63 88 63 16 0 

70 &+ 444 0 0 **** **** 0 **** 9 12 27 33 41 63 86 165 **** 

Unk. 5 0 0 **** 0 **** **** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 **** 

**** Cell suppressed to protect confidentiality. 




The average age of Louisiana brides in 2003 was 41.7 years, while the average for grooms was 45.2 years. Over the past few 

years, there has been a steady increase in the ages of men and women who marry in the state (Table 7.4). 

Table 7.4 Average and Median Ages of Brides and Grooms 


Year of Average Age in Years Median Age in Years 

Marriage Bride Groom Bride Groom 

1993 28.7 31.0 25.4 27.6 

1994 29.0 31.0 25.6 27.8 

1995 29.4 32.0 26.1 28.2 

1996 29.6 32.0 26.3 28.4 

1997 29.8 32.3 26.4 28.7 

1998 30.0 32.4 26.7 28.8 

1999 30.0 32.4 26.8 28.9 

2000 30.5 33.0 27.2 29.4 

2001 30.6 33.0 27.2 29.4 

2002 30.9 33.4 27.2 29.6 

2003 41.7 45.2 40.1 43.4 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics, 

During the period 1991-2003, there was a decrease in the rates of marriage in the 15-19 and 20-24 year age groups for both 

men and women (Table 7.5). 

Year 

Table 7.5 Marriage Rates + by Gender and Age, Selected Years 


15-19 20-24 25-29 30-44 

Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male 

1991 34.7 13.6 70.7 66.6 46.9 67.4 20.3 24.7 

1994 29.4 11.5 70.4 65.1 52.1 63.3 22.6 26.9 

1997 22.6 8.6 64.9 55.6 55.7 64.8 23.3 27.9 

2001* 18.0 6.6 61.9 52.6 51.4 57.6 23.5 27.6 

2002 17.2 6.2 56.6 46.4 50.7 57.0 23.3 27.4 

2003 17.1 6.3 57.4 46.7 51.4 56.6 24.2 28.2 

+ 

Rate per 1,000 gender/age-specific population. * Note: Population estimates for 2002 were used to calculate age-specific rates. 


Prior Marital Status 

In 2003, 44.3% of all marriages were first marriages performed in Louisiana for both the bride and the groom; 54.4% of brides 

and 54.3% of grooms stated that they had never been married (Table 7.6). In 21.9% of the marriages, both the bride and the 

groom were previously divorced while 33.8% of all brides and 34.4% of all grooms stated that they were previously divorced. 



Table 7.6 Number of Marriages by Previous Marital Status of Bride and Groom 


Previous Marital Status of Bride 

Previous Marital Status Never Marriage 

of Groom Total Married Widowed Divorced Annulled 

Unknown 

All 37288 20278 1221 12606 91 3092 

Never Married 20257 16530 184 3449 31 63 

Widowed 1066 125 380 532 4 25 

Divorced 12840 3542 613 8164 16 505 

Marriage Annulled 116 39 6 28 40 3 

Unknown 3009 42 38 433 - 2496 


Table 7.7 Percent of Marriages by Previous Marital Status in Selected Years 


Never Married Divorced 

Year Bride Groom Both Bride Groom Both 

1991 61.9 62.4 50.5 32.8 32.3 20.4 

1994 60.6 61.1 49.1 34.3 34.4 21.7 

1997 58.5 59.3 47.2 35.3 35.4 22.5 

2000 58.8 58.7 47.3 35.2 35.8 23.0 

2001 55.4 55.9 45.0 33.3 33.4 21.3 

2002 46.0 45.6 37.1 34.5 35.4 22.5 

2003 54.4 54.3 44.3 33.8 34.4 21.9 


Table 7.8 Average and Median Age of Bride and Groom at this Marriage by Previous Marital Status 


Average Age Median Age 

Previous Marital Status Bride Groom Bride Groom 

All 30.9 33.4 27.2 29.6 

Bride Previously Unmarried, Groom Previously Unmarried 24.6 26.5 22.8 24.5 

Bride Previously Unmarried, Groom Previously Married 30.4 36.8 28.2 34.3 

Bride Previously Married, Groom Previously Unmarried 33.7 32.8 31.6 30.7 

Bride Previously Married, Groom Previously Married 41.7 45.2 40.1 43.4 




Race of Bride and Groom 

In the year 2003, 95.7% of Louisiana marriages were between brides and grooms of the same race. This percentage excluded 

brides or grooms of unknown race and assumed that brides and grooms of other races, i.e., other than black or white, were of 

the same race (Table 7.9). 

Month of Marriage 

Table 7.9 Number of Marriages by Race of Groom and Race of Bride 


Race of 

Groom 

All Races 

White 

Race of Bride 


Black 

Other 

Unknown 

All Races 37288 26163 10490 619 16 

White 25913 25290 363 254 **** 

Black 10842 675 10104 60 **** 

Other 521 193 23 305 0 

Unknown 12 5 0 0 7 

**** Suppressed to protect confidentiality. 


On average, there were 3,107 marriages celebrated in Louisiana each month in the year 2003. In January, the number 

decreased to 2,057 (5.5% of all marriages); in May, it increased to 3,846 or 10.3% of all marriages (Table 7.10). 

Table 7.10 Number and Percent of Marriages By Month of Occurrence 


Daily 

Month Number Percent Average 

Total 37288 100 102 

January 2057 5.5 66 

February 3124 8.4 112 

March 3299 8.8 106 

April 3158 8.5 105 

May 3846 10.3 124 

June 3782 10.1 126 

July 3342 9 108 

August 3329 8.9 107 

September 2595 7 87 

October 2991 8 96 

November 3146 8.4 105 

December 2619 7 84 

Source: Louisiana State Center for Health Statistics.


DIVORCES 2003 

Counts 

Divorce reports for 2003 were submitted by all the 64 parishes in Louisiana. There were a total of 15,230 divorces and 25 

annulments in Louisiana (Table 7.11). 

Parish 

Table 7.11 Number of Final Divorces and Annulments Granted by Parish, 


Divorces by 

Parish 

Granting 

Decree 

Annulments 

by Parish 

Granting 

Decree 


Parish 

Divorces by 

Parish 

Granting 

Decree 

Annulments 

by Parish 

Granting 

Decree 

STATE 15230 25 Madison 36 0 

Acadia 198 0 Morehouse 130 **** 

Allen 12 0 Natchitoches 124 0 

Ascension 438 0 Orleans 1468 0 

Assumption 95 0 Ouachita 737 **** 

Avoyelles 84 0 Plaquemines 142 0 

Beauregard 154 0 Pointe Coupee 56 **** 

Bienville 35 0 Rapides 492 **** 

Bossier 495 **** Red River 23 0 

Caddo 365 0 Richland 8 0 

Calcasieu 950 0 Sabine 126 **** 

Caldwell 67 **** St. Bernard 285 0 

Cameron 44 0 St. Charles 215 0 

Catahoula 48 0 St. Helena 19 0 

Claiborne 59 0 St. James 26 0 

Concordia 63 0 St. John **** 0 

DeSoto 20 0 St. Landry 185 0 

East Baton Rouge 1769 **** St. Martin 73 0 

East Carroll 15 0 St. Mary 135 0 

East Feliciana 65 0 St. Tammany 457 0 

Evangeline 123 0 Tangipahoa 224 0 

Franklin 146 **** Tensas **** 0 

Grant 96 0 Terrebonne 539 0 

Iberia 125 0 Union 89 0 

Iberville 46 0 Vermilion 176 **** 

Jackson 47 0 Vernon 95 **** 

Jefferson 1731 5 Washington 78 **** 

Jefferson Davis 148 0 Webster 181 0 

Lafayette 303 **** West Baton Rouge 91 0 

Lafourche 369 0 West Carroll 72 0 

LaSalle 67 0 West Feliciana 31 0 

Lincoln 117 0 Winn 65 0 

Livingstone 552 0 Out of State * * 


* No Divorce or Annulment data reported by clerk of court. 

**** Suppressed to protect confidentiality.



2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT TECHNICAL NOTES 

TECHNICAL NOTES 


TECHNICAL NOTES 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 



TECHNICAL NOTES 

DATA SOURCES, COMPLETENESS, AND IMPUTATIONS 

Sources of Data 

Louisiana law requires that certificates of vital events be submitted to the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public 

Health, Vital Records Registry Program. The Vital Records Registry Program is charged with the responsibility of recording and 

preserving the submitted documents. The Office of Public Health's State Center for Health Statistics is assigned the tasks of 

tabulating, analyzing, summarizing, and disseminating statistical information recorded on vital certificates. 

Unless otherwise noted, statistics presented in this report were obtained from information found on certificates registered with 

the Vital Records Registry Program and analyzed by the State Center for Health Statistics. Records of vital events occurring 

outside the state to residents of Louisiana were obtained from transcripts of certificates made available through a nationwide 

system of interchange among all states and territories. National-level data were extracted from publications of the National 

Center for Health Statistics. 

United States data were obtained from publications of the National Center for Health Statistics. Data and information other than 

that provided from the Vital Records Registry Program are footnoted wherever they appear in this report. 

Completeness of Data 

Births: Matching of infant death certificates with the corresponding birth certificates indicates that birth registration in Louisiana 

is approximately 97 percent complete 1 . This figure is considered an underestimate of completed certificates, since some 

certificates may fail to be included in the matching process due to differences in key variables on the birth and death certificates. 

Under-registration of births for infants who die shortly after they are born is another contributing factor and in some cases 

birthing facilities have not registered births in a timely fashion. 

Deaths: Death registration is considered to be close to 100 percent complete, as each death certificate is tied to a burial permit 

issued by the State. However, it is recognized that some under-registration does occur: certificates may not be issued for 

infants dying shortly after birth or for the unclaimed remains of a decedent. 

Spontaneous Fetal Deaths: The extent of completeness of information on spontaneous fetal deaths (stillbirths) is not known, 

but some under-registration is likely, especially for those occurring near 20 weeks gestation. 

Induced Termination of Pregnancy: The Vital Records Registry receives certificates on most abortions performed in 

Louisiana, but the information recorded on the filed certificates is often incomplete. Although some states notify Louisiana of 

abortions obtained by Louisiana residents, Louisiana cannot reciprocate; a federal court decision prohibits the collection of 

residency information on women who terminate pregnancies within the state. Hence, no accurate count of terminations among 

Louisiana residents is available. 

1 National Center for Health Statistics, “Infant Mortality Statistics from the 2000 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Data Set” National Vital 

Statistics Report 50:12 (Aug. 2002):22 



Marriage: The statistics presented in the Vital Statistics Report are based upon Marriage Certificates filed annually with the 

Vital Records Registry for marriages occurring in the state. These data are incomplete since the total number of marriages 

celebrated in each parish may not be reported to the state Vital Records Registry. 

Divorce: Louisiana divorce statistics are more complete than previous years. In 2002, 78% of the parishes in the state failed to 

report divorce information to the Vital Records Registry. The divorce tabulations reported by the State Center for Health 

Statistics included counts made by the Clerks of Courts as well as data derived from actual certificates received in the central 

office. Because of the magnitude of its underreporting, Louisiana is excluded from the national divorce registration system. 

Missing Data 

In the State Summary sections of this report, data presented in tables and figures exclude records that are missing the 

information being described. In the Parish and Region Tables, however, missing data have been imputed as follows: 

"Sex (Gender)" is allocated male or female depending on whether the last digit of the record identification number is even or 

odd, except in the case of death where the underlying cause is sex-specific. 

"Race" is assigned to match that of the previous record, giving a probability of assignment to white, black, or other that is 

consistent with the racial distribution of the data set. 

"Parish of Residence" is assumed to be "Parish of Occurrence" when residence parish is missing for live births or for infants 

dying under 1 year of age. 

Place of Residence vs. Place of Occurrence 

Vital events are classified by Place of Residence or by Place of Occurrence. Place of Residence is defined as the residence of 

the deceased for a death and as the residence of the mother for a birth or stillbirth. Place of Occurrence is defined as the 

geographic location where the event occurred. All tables refer to events occurring to Louisiana residents except as noted. 

Cities Located in Two Parishes 

The following cities span parish boundaries: 

Bossier City – Primarily in Bossier Parish, partly in Caddo Parish. 

Shreveport – Primarily in Caddo Parish, partly in Bossier Parish. 

Eunice – Primarily in St. Landry Parish, partly in Acadia Parish. 

De Ridder – Primarily in Beauregard Parish, partly in Vernon Parish. 

In this report, the city is reported as a single entity in the primary parish, and all events are allocated to that city. However, at the 

parish level the event is allocated to the actual parish of occurrence. As an illustration, if a birth occurs in the portion of 

Shreveport that falls in Bossier Parish, it is reported in the Shreveport city count printed below Caddo Parish, but is not included 

in the Caddo Parish birth count. It is, instead, included in the Bossier Parish birth count. There is a possibility that this 

reallocation may show more events in a city than in the parish where the city is primarily located. 

Comparability of National and State Data 

Numbers and rates published in state tables by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) may vary slightly from data 

published by Louisiana’s State Center for Health Statistics due to differences in the assumptions applied to the data. 



PARISH AND REGION TABLES 

For online readers of this report, parish and region tables can be found under the Vital Statistics Data Tables for the year 2001 

in the Center’s Directory of Vital Statistics Publications at: http://www.oph.dhh.state.la.us/recordsstatistics/statistics 

Parish Tables 

Tables included in the Parish Tables sections of this report contain data for Louisiana’s 64 parishes and for the major cities 

within each parish. Data entries for major cities are listed below the parish entries. Cities are labeled with an asterisk (*) 

following the city name. 

All crude rates included in the Parish Tables sections of this report have been calculated using Louisiana Technical University 

(LATech) Data for 2001. All age-adjusted rates included in the Deaths section of this report have been calculated using U.S. 

Census Data for 2000 and the 2000 U.S. Standard population. 

Health Region Tables 

Tables included in the Region Tables sections of this report contain data for the Office of Public Health’s nine administrative 

regions. These regions contain the following parishes: 

Region 1 (Metropolitan) Region 4 (Acadian) Region 6 (Central) Region 8 (Northeast) 

Jefferson Acadia Avoyelles Caldwell 

Orleans Evangeline Catahoula East Carroll 

Plaquemines Iberia Concordia Franklin 

St. Bernard Lafayette Grant Jackson 

St. Landry LaSalle Lincoln 

St. Martin Rapides Madison 

Region 2 (Capitol) Vermilion Vernon Morehouse 

Ascension Winn Ouachita 

East Baton Rouge Richland 

East Feliciana Region 5 (Southwest) Tensas 

Iberville Allen Region 7 (Northwest) Union 

Pointe Coupee Beauregard Bienville West Carroll 

West Baton Rouge Calcasieu Bossier 

West Feliciana Cameron Caddo 

Jefferson Davis Claiborne Region 9 (Southeast) 

DeSoto Livingston 

Region 3 (Teche) Natchitoches St. Helena 

Assumption Red River St. Tammany 

Lafourche Sabine Tangipahoa 

St. Charles Webster Washington 

St. James 

St. John 

St. Mary 

Terrebonne 

All regional crude rates included in the Region Tables sections of this report have been calculated using 2002 population 

estimates provided by Louisiana Technical University (LATech). 



POPULATION DATA 

In the State Summary sections of this report, the bridged-race post-census data for the year 2002 provided by the United States 

Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) were used to calculate state-level rates for demographic 

subgroups (race, sex, age). Population files are from the U.S. Census Bureau website (www.census.gov). Age-adjusted 

death rates were calculated using the 2000 standard population. 

In the Parish Tables and Region Tables sections of this report, crude rates for total populations at state, region, and parish 

levels were calculated using Louisiana Technical University (LATech) Data for 2002. 



BIRTH DATA 

Race 

Prior to 1989, the race reported in birth data tables was the inferred race of the child. Beginning in 1989, the race of the 

newborn is established by the race of the mother. 

Place of Residence 

Place of Residence is defined as the residence of the mother for a birth or stillbirth. 

Adequate Prenatal Care (modified Kessner Index definition): 

1. Care must begin in the first trimester 

2. The number of required prenatal visits varies with gestational age and is as follows: 

17 weeks gestation requires two or more visits 

18-21 weeks gestation requires three or more visits 

22-25 weeks gestation requires four or more visits 

26-29 weeks gestation requires five or more visits 

30-31 weeks gestation requires six or more visits 

32-33 weeks gestation requires seven or more visits 

34-35 weeks gestation requires eight or more visits 

36 weeks gestation requires nine or more visits 

Weight Equivalents 

Equivalents of the gram weight in terms of pounds and ounces are shown below: 

453.6 grams = 1 pound 

under 500 grams = 1 pound 1 ounce or less 

500 - 999 grams = 1 pound 2 ounces - 2 pounds 3 ounces 

1000-1499 grams = 2 pounds 4 ounces - 3 pounds 4 ounces 

1500-1999 grams = 3 pounds 5 ounces - 4 pounds 6 ounce 







5000 grams or > = 11 pounds 1 ounce or more 



Gestational Age 

The attending physician records gestational age on the birth certificate. Physicians use several different methods to estimate 

gestational age, including computing the interval between the first day of the mother’s last normal menstrual period (LMP) and 

the date of birth, or determining a clinical estimate based on examination of the newborn. Because these methods have 

inherent limitations (for example, imperfect maternal recall of LMP), measurement of gestational age is imprecise. Without 

standardized methods of measurement, determination of gestational age will remain an issue, especially among at-risk 

pregnancies in which few or no prenatal ascertainments are made. 

Louisiana Birth Certificates record both the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” and the “Clinical Estimate of Gestation.” The 

“Clinical Estimate of Gestation” is used to determine gestational age in the Live Births section of this report. 

Birthweight 

For parish and region tables with information regarding the weight of the live birth, those live births less than 10 grams are 

reassigned to "unknown”. 

Number of Prenatal Visits 

For parish and region tables with reference to Adequate Prenatal Care, live births for which the mother had more than 50 

prenatal visits are reassigned to "unknown". 

Birth Rates for Mothers under Age 15 Years and Over Age 45 Years 

The following conventions are used when calculating rates for mothers younger than age 15 years or older than age 44 years: 

For age categories labeled “Under 15”, the numerator is all live births to mothers under 15 years of age. Mothers who are 

younger than 8 years of age are reassigned to "unknown". The denominator is the female population aged 10 through 14 

years. 

For age categories labeled “45 & Older”, the numerator is all live births to mothers aged 45 years and older. Mothers older 

than 54 years of age are reassigned to "unknown". The denominator is the female population aged 45 through 49 years. 



SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATH DATA (STILLBIRTH) 

Definition of a Spontaneous Fetal Death 

Louisiana defines a spontaneous fetal death (stillbirth) as a death to a fetus with gestational age of at least 20 weeks or 

birthweight of at least 350 grams. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) uses only gestational age (at least 20 

weeks) to define a fetal death. 

The calculation of tables and figures for this report varies between the Louisiana and NCHS definitions, depending upon 

whether the data are intended for comparison to national data. The definition used is specified following each table or figure. 

Estimation of Gestational Age 

Beginning with the 1997 Louisiana Vital Statistics Report, gestational ages for fetal deaths occurring in or after 1995 are 

reported based upon the National Center for Health Statistics formula for calculation of gestational age for fetal deaths. This 

formula calculates gestational age by combining information collected in the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” and “Clinical 

Estimate of Gestation” sections of the Louisiana Certificate of Fetal Death (Stillbirth). 

Gestational ages reported for years prior to 1995 were calculated by subtracting the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” from the 

“Date of Delivery,” as recorded on the Fetal Death Certificate. 

Cause of Death Coding 

Please refer to the DEATH DATA section of this chapter (page 160) for details concerning the International Statistical 

Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD). 

The complete list of 146 selected causes of fetal death that should appear in Table 3.10 follows below. 

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) 


Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 

Other viral diseases (A80-B19, B25-B34) 

Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-A49, 

A51, A79, B35-B99) 


In situ neoplasms, benign neoplasms and neoplasms of uncertain 

or unknown behavior (D00-D48) 


Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) 

Short stature, not elsewhere classified (E34.3) 


Other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E32, 

E34.0- E34.2, E34.4-E34.9, E40-E83, E85-E88) 

Meningitis (G00, G03) 

Other diseases of nervous system and sense organs (G04-H93) 

Umbilical hernia (K42) 

Other hernia (K40-K41, K43-K46) 

Other and unspecified diseases of digestive system (K00-K38, 

K50-K92) 

All other diseases, excluding signs & ill-defined conditions, 

perinatal conditions, congenital anomalies, & symptoms (D65- 

89, I00-J98, L00-N98) 

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 

Fetus affected by maternal conditions that may be unrelated to 

present pregnancy (P00) 

Fetus affected by maternal hypertensive disorders (P00.0) 

Fetus affected by maternal renal and urinary tract diseases (P00.1) 

Fetus affected by maternal infectious and parasitic diseases 

(P00.2) 

Fetus affected by other maternal circulatory and respiratory 

diseases (P00.3) 

Fetus affected by maternal nutritional disorders (P00.4) 

Fetus affected by maternal injury (P00.5) 

Fetus affected by surgical procedure on mother (P00.6) 

Fetus affected by other medical procedures and maternal 

conditions (P00.7-P00.8) 



Fetus affected by unspecified maternal condition (P00.9) 

Fetus affected by maternal complications of pregnancy (P01) 

Fetus affected by incompetent cervix (P01.0) 

Fetus affected by premature rupture of membranes (P01.1) 

Fetus affected by oligohydramnios (P01.2) 

Fetus affected by polyhydramnios (P01.3) 

Fetus affected by ectopic pregnancy (P01.4) 

Fetus affected by multiple pregnancies (P01.5) 

Fetus affected by maternal death (P01.6) 

Fetus affected by malpresentation before labor (P01.7) 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified maternal complications of 

pregnancy (P01.8-P01.9) 

Fetus affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes 

(P02) 

Fetus affected by placenta previa (P02.0) 

Fetus affected by other forms of placental separation and 

hemorrhage (P02.1) 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified morphological and 

functional abnormalities of placenta (P02.2) 

Fetus affected by placental transfusion syndromes (P02.3) 

Fetus affected by prolapsed cord (P02.4) 

Fetus affected by other compression of umbilical cord (P02.5) 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified conditions of umbilical 

cord (P02.6) 

Fetus affected by chorioamnionitis (P02.7) 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified abnormalities of 


Fetus affected by other complications of labor and delivery (P03) 

Fetus affected by breech delivery and extraction (P03.0) 

Fetus affected by other malpresentation, malposition and 

disproportion during labor and delivery (P03.1) 

Fetus affected by forceps delivery (P03.2) 

Fetus affected by delivery by vacuum extractor (ventouse) (P03.3) 

Fetus affected by cesarean delivery (P03.4) 

Fetus affected by precipitate delivery (P03.5) 

Fetus affected by abnormal uterine contractions (P03.6) 

Fetus affected by other and unspecified complications of labor and 

delivery (P03.8-P03.9) 

Fetus affected by noxious influences transmitted via placenta 

(P04) 

Slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition (P05) 

Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not 


Extremely low birth weight or extreme immaturity (P07.0, P07.2) 

Other low birth weight and preterm (P07.1, P07.3) 

Disorders related to long gestation and high birth weight (P08) 

Exceptionally large size and other heavy for gestational age fetus 

(P08.0-P08.1) 

Post-term, not heavy for gestational age fetus (P08.2) 


Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury and other 

injuries to central nervous system (P10-P11) 

Other birth trauma (P12-P15) 

Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (P20-P21) 

Intrauterine hypoxia first noted before onset of labor (P20.0) 

Intrauterine hypoxia first noted during labor and delivery (P20.1) 

Intrauterine hypoxia, unspecified (P20.9) 


Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period 

(P23-P28) 


Aspiration syndromes (P24) 

Interstitial emphysema and related conditions originating in the 



Other respiratory system disorders (P26-P27, P28.2-P28.9) 

Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) 

Congenital rubella syndrome (P35.0) 

Congenital cytomegalovirus infection (P35.1) 

Congenital herpes viral (herpes simplex) infection (P35.2) 

Congenital viral hepatitis (P35.3) 

Bacterial sepsis (P36) 

Congenital tuberculosis (P37.0) 

Congenital toxoplasmosis (P37.1) 

Other infections specific to the perinatal period (P35.8-P35.9, 

P37.2, P37.9, P38-P39) 

Fetal hemorrhage (P50-P54) 

Hemolytic disease of fetus (P55-P56) 

Rh isoimmunization of fetus (P55.0) 

ABO isoimmunization of fetus (P55.1) 

Other hemolytic disease of fetus (P55.8-P55.9) 

Hydrops fetalis due to hemolytic disease (P56) 

Perinatal jaundice (P57-P59) 


Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus 

(P70-P74) 

Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother and neonatal diabetes 


Other transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to fetus 

(P70.3-P70.9, P71-P74) 

Digestive system disorders of fetus (P76-P78) 

Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (P80-P96) 

Hydrops fetalis not due to hemolytic disease (P83.2) 



Fetal death of unspecified cause (P95) 

Withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction 

(P96.1) 

Termination of pregnancy (P96.4) 

Complications of intrauterine procedures, not elsewhere classified 

(P96.5) 

All other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period 

(P80-P81, P83.0-P83.1, P83.3-P83.9, P90-P91, P93-P94, 

P96.0, P96.3, P96.8) 

Condition originating in the perinatal period, unspecified (P96.9) 

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal 


Congenital malformations of nervous system (Q00-Q07) 

Anencephaly and similar malformations (Q00) 

Encephalocele (Q01) 

Microcephaly (Q02) 


Reduction deformities of brain (Q04.0-Q04.3) 

Other congenital malformations of brain (Q04.4-Q04.9) 


Other congenital malformations of spinal cord and nervous system 

(Q06, Q07) 

Congenital malformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18) 

Congenital malformations of heart (Q20-Q24) 

Other congenital malformations of circulatory system (Q25-Q28) 

Congenital malformations of lung (Q33) 

Other congenital malformations of respiratory system (Q30-Q32, 

Q34) 

Congenital malformations of digestive system (Q35-Q45) 

Congenital malformations of genital organs (Q50-Q56) 

Congenital malformations of urinary system (Q60-Q64) 

Renal agenesis and other reduction defects of kidney (Q60) 

Cystic kidney disease (Q61) 

Other congenital malformations of urinary system (Q62-Q64) 

Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal 

system, limbs and integument (Q65-Q85) 

Other congenital malformations (Q86, Q89) 

Conjoined twins (Q89.4) 

Multiple congenital malformations, not elsewhere classified (Q89.7) 

All other congenital malformations (Q86-Q87, Q89.0-Q89.3, 

Q89.8-Q89.9) 

Chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q90-Q99) 




Other chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q92- 

Q99) 

Symptoms, signs and abnormal, clinical and laboratory findings, 

not elsewhere classified (R83-R94) 

External causes of mortality (V01-Y84) 

Accidents (V01-X59) 

Assault (homicide) (X85-Y09) 

Complications of medical and surgical care (Y40-Y84) 

Other external causes (Y10-Y36) 



DEATH DATA 

Place of Residence 

Place of Residence is defined as the residence of the deceased for a death and as the residence of the mother for a stillbirth. 

Cause of Death Coding 

Classification System: World Health Organization regulations specify that member nations classify cause of death in accordance 

with the current revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD). The ICD 

has been revised approximately every ten years since 1900. The current revision, ICD-10, was implemented beginning with 

deaths occurring on January 1, 1999. For more information on the tenth revision, please visit the Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention website at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/icd10des.htm. 

Underlying Causes: Prior to 1949, under the first five revisions of the International Classification, causes of death were coded 

based on priority tables for multiple causes as set forth in The Manual for Joint Causes of Death. Under the sixth through the 

tenth revisions, the cause of death coded for tabulating death data is the "underlying cause" as determined from information 

provided on the death certificate by the attending physician or coroner. Currently, when more than one cause of death exists, 

the causes are ordered according to the Automated Classification of Medical Entities (ACME) system. ACME is a computerized 

program that evaluates both the ICD-10 code characteristics and the components of the death history recorded on the certificate 

to determine the primary, or “underlying,” cause of death. The "underlying cause" may be defined as (a) the disease of injury 

that initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death or (b) the circumstances, accident, or violence that produced the 

fatal injury. 

Comparability of Statistics from ICD-9 to ICD-10: The decennial revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) 

have led to repeated breaks in the comparability of cause-of-death data. The introduction of the present concepts of 

classification in the sixth revision seriously affected the interpretation of mortality trends before and after 1949. Comparability 

ratios were subsequently computed by the United States to assist in the analysis of mortality trends by providing a measure of 

the degree of discontinuity. Following the recommendations of the International Conference for the Sixth Revision of the ICD, 

the United States used a dual coding method for constructing these comparability ratios after the introduction of each of the last 

five revisions, including the current ICD-10. 

For a more detailed description of the role played by comparability ratios in interpreting the differences between ICD-9 and ICD- 

10, please see Comparability of Cause of Death Between ICD-9 and ICD-10: Preliminary Estimates, Vol. 49 No. 2 [DHHS 

Publication No. (PHS) 2001-1120 1-0355 (5/2001)], National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 18, 2001. This publication can be downloaded from the National Center for 

Health Statistics website at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_02.pdf. 

Cause of Death Ranking: Beginning with ICD-10 in 1999, cause of death rankings are based on the "List of 113 Selected 

Causes of Death" developed by the National Center for Health Statistics. This list was adapted from a basic list recommended 

by the World Health Organization for use with the Tenth Revision of the ICD. The categories "Major Cardiovascular Diseases" 

and “Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified" are not ranked. In addition, 

categories that begin with the words "Other" or “All Other" are not ranked. To determine the leading causes of death, the 

remaining categories are ranked according to the number of deaths that occur in the calendar year. When a category that 



represents a subtotal is ranked (e.g., "Tuberculosis"), its component parts (in this example, "Respiratory tuberculosis" and 

"Other tuberculosis") are not ranked. 

Codes Used for Cause of Death Ranking: The groupings of ICD-10 codes used to rank causes of death in this report are those 

used by the National Center for Health Statistics. The complete list of 113 selected causes is listed below: 

Salmonella infections (A01, A02) 

Shigellosis and amebiasis (A03, A06) 

Certain other intestinal infections (A04, A07-A09) 


Respiratory tuberculosis (A16) 

Other tuberculosis (A17-A19) 


Scarlet fever and erysipelas (A38, A46) 



Syphilis (A50-A53) 


Arthropod-borne viral encephalitis (A83-A84, A85.2) 

Measles (B05) 

Viral Hepatitis (B15-B19) 

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease (B20-B24) 


Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their 

Sequelae (Other in A00-B99) 


Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14) 

Malignant neoplasm of esophagus (C15) 

Malignant neoplasms of stomach (C16) 

Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectum and anus (C18-C21) 

Malignant neoplasms of liver and Intrahepatic bile ducts (C22) 

Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25) 

Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32) 

Malignant neoplasms of trachea, Bronchus and lung (C33-C34) 

Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) 

Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50) 

Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri (C53) 

Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified 

(C54-C55) 

Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56) 

Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61) 

Malignant neoplasm of kidney and renal pelvis (C64-C65) 

Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67) 

Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts of central 

nervous system (C70-C72) 

Malignant of lymphoid, Hematopoietic and related tissue (C81- 

C96) 

Hodgkin’s disease (C81) 

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (C82-C85) 


Multiple myeloma and immuno-proliferative neoplasms (C88, C90) 

Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, 

hematopoietic and related tissue (C96) 

All other and unspecified malignant neoplasms (Other in C00-C97) 




Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 


Malnutrition (E40-E46) 

Other nutritional deficiencies (E50-E64) 


Parkinson’s disease (G20-G21) 

Alzheimer’s disease (G30) 

Major cardiovascular disease (I00-I78) 

Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20, I51) 

Acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic heart diseases (I00- 

I09) 

Hypertensive heart disease (I11) 

Hypertensive heart and renal disease (I13) 

Ischemic heart diseases (I20-I25) 

Acute myocardial infarction (I21-I22) 

Other acute ischemic heart diseases (I24) 

Other forms of chronic ischemic heart diseases (I20, I25) 

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (I25.0) 

All other forms of chronic ischemic heart disease (I20, I25.1- I25.9) 

Other heart diseases (I26-I51) 

Acute and subacute endocarditis (I33) 

Diseases of pericardium and acute myocarditis (I30-I31, I40) 

Heart failure (I50) 

All other forms of heart disease (I26-I28, I34-I38, I42-I49, I51) 

Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease 

(I10, I12) 

Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 

Atherosclerosis (I70) 



Other diseases of the circulatory system (I71-I78) 

Aortic aneurysm and dissection (I71) 

Other diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (I72-I78) 

Other disorders of the circulatory system (I80-I99) 

Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 



Other acute lower respiratory infections (J20-J22) 

Acute bronchitis and bronchiolotis (J20-J21) 

Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection (J22) 

Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40- J47) 

Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified (J40-J42) 

Emphysema (J43) 

Asthma (J45- J46) 

Other chronic lower respiratory diseases (J44, J47) 

Pneumoconioses and chemical effects (J60- J66, J68) 

Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 

Other diseases of respiratory system (J00- J06, J30- J39, J67, 

J70- J98) 

Peptic ulcer (K25-K28) 

Diseases of appendix (K35- K38) 

Hernia (K40-K46) 

Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70, K73-K74) 

Alcoholic liver disease (K70) 

Other chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K73-K74) 

Cholelithiasis and other disorders of gallbladder (K80-K82) 

Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00- N07, N17-N19, 

N25, N27) 

Acute and rapidly progressive nephritic and nephrotic syndrome 

(N00- N01, N04) 

Chronic glomerulonephritis, nephritis & nephritis unspecified, & 

renal sclerosis unspecified (N02-N03, N05- N07, and N26) 

Renal failure (N17-N19) 

Other disorders of kidney (N25, N27) 

Infections of kidney (N10- N12, N13.6, N15.1) 

Hyperplasia of prostate (N40) 

Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70- N76) 

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99) 

Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00- O07) 

Other complications of pregnancy, Childbirth and the puerperium 

(O10-O99) 

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00- P96) 



Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not 

elsewhere classified (R00- R99) 

All other diseases (Residual) (Other in D65- N98) 

Accidents (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 

Transport accidents (V01- V99, Y85) 

Motor vehicle accidents (V02- V04, V09.0, V09. 2, V12-V14, 

V19.0, V19.2, V19.4- V19.6, V20- V79, V80.3- V80.5, V81.0- 

V81.1, V82.0- V82.1, V83-V86, V87.0- V87.8, V88.0- V88.8, 

V89.0, V89.2) 

Other land transport accidents (V01, V05- V06, V09.1, V09.3, 

V09.9, V10- V11, V15- V18, V19.3, V19.8 ,V19.9,V80.0- V80.2, 

V80.6- V80.9, V81.2- V81.9, V82.2-V82.9, V87.9, 

V88.9,V89.1,V8-9.3,V89.9) 

Water, air and space, and other and unspecified transport 

accidents and their sequelae (V90-V99, Y85) 

Nontransport accidents (W00- X59, Y86) 


Accidental discharge of Firearms (W32- W34) 

Accidental drowning and Submersion (W65- W74) 

Accidental exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00- X09) 

Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances (X40- 

X49) 

Other and unspecified nontransport accidents and their sequelae 

(W20-W31,W35- W64,W75-W99, X10 X39,X50- X59,Y86) 

Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60- X84, Y87.0) 

Intentional self-harm (suicide) by discharge of firearms (X72- X74) 

Intentional self-harm (suicide) by other and unspecified means and 

their sequelae (X60- X71, X75- X84, Y87.0) 

Assault (homicide) (X85, Y09, Y87.1) 

Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms (X93- X95) 

Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means and their 

sequelae (X85- X92, X96- Y09, Y87.1) 

Legal intervention (Y35, Y89.0) 

Events of undetermined intent (Y10-Y34, Y87.2, Y89.0- 9) 

Discharge of firearms, undetermined intent (Y22- Y24) 

Other and unspecified events of undetermined intent and their 

sequelae (Y10-Y21, Y25- Y34, Y87.2, Y89. 9) 

Operations of war and their sequelae (Y36, Y89.1) 

Complications of medical and surgical care (Y40-Y84, Y88) 



Codes Used for Cause of Infant Death: The complete list of 130 selected causes used by National Center for Health Statistics is 

shown below: 

Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) 

Certain intestinal infectious diseases (A00-A08) 

Diarrhea and gastroenteritis of presumed infectious origin (A09) 


Tetanus (A33, A35) 

Diphtheria (A36) 





Gonococcal infection (A54) 

Viral diseases (A80-B34) 


Varicella (chickenpox) (B01) 

Measles (B05) 

Human immunodeficiency virus 

(HIV) disease (B20-B24) 

Mumps (B26) 

Other and unspecified viral diseases (A81-B00, B02-B04, B06- 

B19, B25, B27-B34) 

Candidiasis (B37) 


Pneumocystosis (B59) 

Other and unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases and their 

sequelae (A20-A32, A38, A42- A49, A51-A53, A55-A79, B35- 

36, B38-B49, B55-B58, B60-B99) 

Neoplasms (C00-D48) 


Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (C81-C85) 


Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms (C00-C80, C88, C90, 

C96-C97) 



Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain 

disorders involving the immune mechanism (D50-D89) 


Hemorrhagic conditions and other diseases of blood and bloodforming 

organs (D65-D76) 

Certain disorders involving the immune mechanism (D80-D89) 

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) 

Short stature, not elsewhere classified (E34.3) 



Volume depletion, disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base 

balance (E86-E87) 

All other endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E32, 

E34.0-E34.2, E34.4-E34.9, E65-E83, E85, E88) 

Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G98) 


Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I (Werdnig-Hoffman) 

(G12.0) 

Infantile cerebral palsy (G80) 

Anoxic brain damage, not elsewhere classified (G93.1) 

Other diseases of nervous system (G04, G06-G11, G12.1-G12.9, 

G20-G72, G81-G92, G93.0, G93.2-G93.9, G95-G98) 

Diseases of the ear and mastoid process (H60-H93) 

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99) 

Pulmonary heart disease and diseases of pulmonary circulation 

(I26-I28) 

Pericarditis, endocarditis and myocarditis (I30, I33, I40) 

Cardiomyopathy (I42) 

Cardiac arrest (I46) 

Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 

All other diseases of circulatory system (I00-I25, I31, I34-I38, I44- 

I45, I47-I51, I70-I99) 

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J98) 

Acute upper respiratory infections (J00-J06) 

Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 



Acute bronchitis and acute bronchiolitis (J20-J21) 

Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified (J40-J42) 


Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 

Other and unspecified diseases of respiratory system (J22, J30- 

J39, J43-J44, J47-J68, J70-J98) 

Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K92) 

Gastritis, duodenitis, and noninfective enteritis and colitis (K29, 

K50-K55) 

Hernia of abdominal cavity and intestinal obstruction without hernia 

(K40-K46, K56) 

All other and unspecified diseases of digestive system (K00-K28, 

K30-K38, K57-K92) 

Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N98) 

Renal failure and other disorders of kidney (N17-N19, N25, N27) 

Other and unspecified diseases of genitourinary system (N00-N15, 

N20-N23, N26, N28-N98) 



Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96) 

Newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of 

pregnancy, labor and delivery (P00-P04) 

Newborn affected by maternal hypertensive disorders (P00.0) 

Newborn affected by other maternal conditions which may be 

unrelated to present pregnancy (P00.1-P00.9) 

Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy (P01) 

Newborn affected by incompetent cervix (P01.0) 

Newborn affected by premature rupture of membranes (P01.1) 

Newborn affected by multiple pregnancy (P01.5) 

Newborn affected by other maternal complications of pregnancy 

(P01.2-P01.4, P01.6-P01.9) 

Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and 

membranes (P02) 

Newborn affected by complications involving placenta (P02.0- 

P02.3) 

Newborn affected by complications involving cord (P02.4-P02.6) 

Newborn affected by chorioamnionitis (P02.7) 

Newborn affected by other and unspecified abnormalities of 


Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery 

(P03) 

Newborn affected by noxious influences transmitted via placenta or 

breast milk (P04) 

Disorders related to length of gestation and fetal malnutrition (P05- 

P08) 

Slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition (P05) 

Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not 


Extremely low birth weight or extreme immaturity (P07.0, P07.2) 

Other low birth weight or preterm (P07.1, P07.3) 

Disorders related to long gestation and high birth weight (P08) 


Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (P20-P21) 

Intrauterine hypoxia (P20) 


Respiratory distress of newborn (P22) 

Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period 

(P23-P28) 


Neonatal aspiration syndromes (P24) 

Interstitial emphysema and related conditions originating in the 


Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period (P26) 

Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal period (P27) 


All other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period 

(P28.2-P28.9) 

Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39) 

Bacterial sepsis of newborn (P36) 

Omphalitis of newborn with or without mild hemorrhage (P38) 

All other infections specific to the perinatal period (P35, P37, P39) 

Hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61) 

Neonatal hemorrhage (P50-P52, P54) 

Hemorrhagic disease of newborn (P53) 

Hemolytic disease of newborn due to isoimmunization and other 

perinatal jaundice (P55-P59) 


Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother and neonatal diabetes 


Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77) 

Hydrops fetalis not due to hemolytic disease (P83.2) 

Other perinatal conditions (P29, P70.3-P70.9, P71-P76, P78- P81, 

P83.0-P83.1, P83.3-P83.9, P90- P96) 



Anencephaly and similar malformations (Q00) 



Other congenital malformations of nervous system (Q01-Q02, 

Q04, Q06-Q07) 

Congenital malformations of heart (Q20-Q24) 

Other congenital malformations of circulatory system (Q25-Q28) 

Congenital malformations of respiratory system (Q30-Q34) 

Congenital malformations of digestive system (Q35-Q45) 

Congenital malformations of genitourinary system (Q50-Q64) 

Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal 

system, limbs and integument (Q65-Q85) 




Other congenital malformations and deformations (Q10-Q18, Q86- 

Q89) 

Other chromosomal abnormalities, not elsewhere classified (Q92- 

Q99) 

Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not 

elsewhere classified (R00-R99) 

Sudden infant death syndrome (R95) 

Other symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory 

findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R53, R55-R94, and 

R96-R99) 

All other diseases (Residual) (F01-F99, H00-H57, L00-M99) 

External causes of mortality (V01-Y89) 



Accidents (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 

Transport accidents (V01-V99, Y85) 

Motor vehicle accidents (V02- V04,V09.0,V09.2,V12-V14,V19.0- 

V19.2,V19.4-V19.6,V20-V79, V80.3-V80.5,V81.0-V81.1,V82.0- 

V82.1,V83-V86,V87.0-V87.8,V88.0-V88.8,V89.0,V89.2) 

Other and unspecified transport accidents & their sequelae 

(V01,V05-V06,V09.1,V09.3-V09.9,V10-V11,V15- 

18,V19.3,V19.8-V19.9,V80.0-V80.2,V80.6-V80.9,V81.2- 

V81.9,V82.2-V82.9,V87.9,V88.9,V89.1,V89.3,V89.9,V90- 

V99,Y85) 


Accidental discharge of firearms (W32-W34) 

Accidental drowning and submersion (W65-W74) 

Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed (W75) 

Other accidental suffocation and strangulation (W76-W77, W81- 

W84) 

Accidental inhalation and ingestion of food or other objects causing 

obstruction of respiratory tract (W78-W80) 

Accidents caused by exposure to smoke, fire and flames (X00- 

X09) 

Accidental poisoning and exposure to noxious substances (X40- 

X49) 

Other and unspecified accidents and their sequelae (W20-W31, 

W35-W64, W85-W99, X10-X39, X50-X59, Y86) 

Assault (homicide) (X85-Y09, Y87.1) 

Assault (homicide) by hanging, strangulation and suffocation (X91) 

Assault (homicide) by discharge of firearms (X93-X95) 

Neglect, abandonment and other maltreatment syndromes (Y06- 

Y07) 

Assault (homicide) by other and unspecified means and their 

sequelae (X85-X90,X92,X96-X99,Y00-Y05,Y08-Y09,Y87.1) 

Complications of medical and surgical care (Y40-Y84, Y88) 

Other external causes and their sequelae (X60-X84, Y10-Y36, 

Y87.0, Y87.2, Y89) 

Codes Used for Cause of Maternal Death: The complete list of selected causes used by National Center for Health Statistics is 

shown below: 

TOTAL 

Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (A34, O85- 

(O00-O95, O98-O99, A34) 

092) 

Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O07) 

Obstetrical tetanus (A34) 

Ectopic pregnancy (O00) 

Obstetric embolism (O88) 

Spontaneous abortion (O03) 

Other complications predominately related to the Puerperium 

Medical abortion (O04) 

(O85-O87, O89-O92) 

Other abortion (O05) 

All other direct obstetric causes (O10, O12, O21-O43, O47-O66, 

Other and unspecified pregnancy with abortive outcome (O01- 

O68-O71, O73-O75) 

O02, O06-O07) 

Obstetric death of unspecified cause (O95) 

Other direct obstetric deaths (A34, O10-O92) 

Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia (O11, O13-O16) 

Hemorrhage of pregnancy and childbirth and placenta previa (O20, 

O44, O45, O46, O67, and O72) 

Indirect obstetric deaths (O98-O99) 



DEFINITIONS 

The following is a glossary of technical terms used in this report: 

AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATE: a rate calculated to adjust for differences in the age structure in separate populations. The 

changes in the age-structure in a population can increase or decrease the likelihood of death in that population. When 

comparing mortality data from different populations, rates adjusted for differences in age distribution are used because age is 

the most significant characteristic related to disease and death. Age-adjusted death rates are artificial numbers, designed to be 

used only for comparisons of different populations. Unlike crude death rates, age-adjusted rates do not measure true rates of 

death in a population. They should not be compared directly to crude death rates. 

AGE-SPECIFIC BIRTH RATE: a measure of the number of live births in a specific age group during a given period. Agespecific 

rates are calculated by dividing the number of live births occurring in a specified age group during one year by the 

estimated population of that age group, then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number of live 

births per 1,000 population. Age-specific rates make valid comparisons among age groups possible because age-specific rates 

limit their scope to narrow age ranges, thereby greatly reducing the effect that age might have on comparison of births across 

age groups. 

APGAR SCORE: a composite measure of the physical health of an infant, assessed at one and five minutes after birth, and 

used to predict the infant’s chances of survival. Five easily identifiable characteristics - heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle 

tone, reflex irritability, and color - are each assessed on a scale of zero to two, with two being optimal. The Apgar score is the 

sum of these scores; a score of seven or higher (to a maximum of ten) indicates that the infant is in good physical condition. 

BIRTH RATE (CRUDE BIRTH RATE): a measure of the number of live births in a population during a given period. Birth rates 

are calculated by dividing the number of live births occurring in a given population during one year by the estimated population, 

then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. Rates are expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 population. Birth rates are 

affected by the number and age distribution of women of childbearing age. Because crude birth rates relate the number of live 

births to the total population in an area, without regard to the age or sex distribution of the population, they are useful in 

projecting population changes in the area. 

CESAREAN SECTION: the surgical delivery of the newborn while the mother is under general anesthesia. A primary C-section 

refers to the first delivery by C-section. Cesarean section is usually the result of an abnormal delivery situation, once the mother 

has already gone into labor. The physician may choose to perform a C-section because the infant is presenting in an abnormal 

and potentially harmful position, as in breech birth position. Medical emergencies can also require a C-section delivery. Such 

emergencies include fetal distress and hemorrhaging due to ruptured placenta. A repeat C-section is a Cesarean delivery in 

which a woman has previously delivered by a C-section. A vaginal birth after C-section is a vaginal delivery to a woman who 

has previously delivered by C-section. 

COMPARABILITY RATIO: Measure of the degree of discontinuity between revisions of the International Classification of 

Diseases (ICD) for a particular cause of death. Please see the Death Data section of these Technical Notes, on page 160. 



CONGENITAL MALFORMATION: a birth defect including a wide range of major and minor abnormalities that are noted at the 

time of birth. They can be the result of a wide range of factors including genetic disease, teratogens (drugs or other substances 

that cause fetal malformation), environmental factors, heredity, and nutrition. However, the causes of many birth defects are 

unknown. 

COVENANT MARRIAGE: a marriage in which the couple agrees to complete premarital counseling from a clergyman of a 

religious sect or from a marriage counselor. The couple signs a notarized affidavit to the effect that the counselor has discussed 

with them the commitment to the marriage for life, the obligation to seek marital counseling if problems arise in the marriage, 

and the exclusive grounds for legal separation or divorce. These grounds include: adultery by the other spouse; commission of 

a felony by the other spouse and sentence of imprisonment at hard labor or death; abandonment by the other spouse for one 

year; physical or sexual abuse of a spouse or of a child of either spouse; living separately for two years; habitual intemperance; 

and cruel or severe ill treatment by the other spouse. The waiting period for divorce after legal separation is one year and six 

months if there is a minor in the family, and one year in all other cases. 

DEATH RATE (CRUDE DEATH RATE): a measure of the number of deaths in a population during a given period. Death rates 

are calculated by dividing the number of deaths occurring in a given population during one year by the estimated population, 

then multiplying the quotient by 100,000. The rate is expressed as the number of deaths per 100,000 population. Crude death 

rates are useful for examining actual mortality in a geographic area or population because they describe the rate at which 

deaths occur in the total population, without regard to sub-population differences in factors (such as age) that influence death. 

Caution must be used when comparing crude rates from different populations, because crude rates can be affected by 

differences in the composition of the two populations. For example, areas that attract retirees usually have higher crude death 

rates than areas with large numbers of young families. See AGE-ADJUSTED DEATH RATE. 

DIVORCE RATE: a measure of divorces occurring in a population during a given period. Divorce rates are calculated by 

dividing the number of divorces occurring in a given population during one year by the estimated population, then multiplying the 

quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number of divorces per 1,000 population. 

EARLY ABORTION: an abortion that is performed at or before 8 weeks gestation. 

FERTILITY RATE: a rate that relates the total number of births (to women of all ages) in a population to the number of women 

most likely to bear children – those aged 15 through 44 years. The fertility rate is calculated by dividing the total number of live 

births occurring in a given population during one year by the estimated population of women aged 15 through 44 years, then 

multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 women aged 15 through 44 

years. Fertility rates are useful for comparisons of fertility among age, race, and socioeconomic groups. 

FETAL DEATH: death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of human conception that, after 

such expulsion or extraction, never breathes or shows any other evidence of life. (The term "fetal death" was defined on an allinclusive 

basis to end confusion arising from use of such terms as stillbirth, abortion, and miscarriage.) 

FETAL MORTALITY RATE: a measure of fetal deaths occurring in a population during a given period. Fetal mortality rates are 

calculated by dividing the number of fetal deaths in a given population during a given time period by the number of live births 



plus fetal deaths occurring in the population during the same time period, then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. Fetal mortality 

rates are expressed as the number of fetal deaths per 1,000 live births plus fetal deaths. 

FIRST BIRTH RATE: a measure of the number of first births, to mothers in a particular age group, during a given period. First 

birth rates are calculated by dividing the number of first births to mothers in a particular age group during one year by the total 

female population in that age group, then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The rates are expressed as the number of births per 

1,000 women in that age group. First birth rates are helpful in assessing changes over time in the age at which women begin 

bearing children. 

GESTATIONAL AGE (Live Birth data): the interval between the first day of the mother’s last normal menstrual period and the 

date of birth. Physicians use several different methods to estimate gestational age, including computing the interval between 

the first day of the mother’s last normal menstrual period (LMP) and the date of birth, or determining a clinical estimate based on 

examination of the newborn. Standardized methods of measurement for determination of gestational age are difficult, especially 

among at-risk pregnancies in which minimal or no prenatal ascertainments are made. Louisiana Birth Certificates record both 

the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” and the “Clinical Estimate of Gestation.” LMP is subject to error from imperfect maternal 

recall or misidentification of the last normal menstrual period because of post-conception bleeding, delayed ovulation, or 

intervening early miscarriage. Therefore, the physician’s clinical estimate of gestation is used to determine gestational age in 

this report. 

GESTATIONAL AGE (Fetal Death data): the interval between the first day of the mother’s last normal menstrual period and the 

date of delivery. Prior to 1995, “Clinical Estimate of Gestation” was not recorded on Louisiana’s Fetal Death Certificate. 

Consequently, gestational ages reported for years prior to 1995 were calculated by subtracting the “Date Last Normal Menses 

Began” from the “Date of Delivery,” as recorded on the Fetal Death Certificate. Beginning with the 1997 Louisiana Vital 

Statistics Report, gestational ages for fetal deaths occurring in or after 1995 are reported based upon the National Center for 

Health Statistics formula for calculation of gestational age for fetal deaths. This formula calculates gestational age by combining 

information collected in the “Date Last Normal Menses Began” and “Clinical Estimate of Gestation” sections of the Fetal Death 

Certificate. 

HEBDOMADAL DEATH: a representation of deaths occurring to infants under 7 days of age. See PERINATAL MORTALITY. 

HEBDOMADAL MORTALITY RATE: a measure of deaths to infants under 7 days of age during a given period. Hebdomadal 

mortality rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths to infants under 7 days of age occurring in a given population 

during one year by the number of live births occurring during that year, then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The rate is 

expressed as the number of deaths to infants under age 7 days, per 1,000 live births. 

ICD-10: the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death. Please see 

the Death Data section of these Technical Notes. 

INDUCED TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (INDUCED ABORTION): the purposeful interruption of pregnancy with intention 

other than to produce a live infant or to remove a dead fetus, in which the intervention does not result in a live birth. 



INFANT MORTALITY: a representation of deaths occurring in the first year of life. Most infant deaths are preventable. The risk 

of infant death is increased by giving birth at a very young age (40 years), leaving less than 2 years 

between births, or giving birth under conditions of poor maternal health or poor nutrition. Chemical toxins such as alcohol, 

drugs, and tobacco smoke also increase the risk. Most of these factors are associated with low birthweight. A newborn might 

be low birthweight because he/she has been compromised by one of the factors noted above or simply because he/she was 

born too soon (“prematurely”). After the first month of life, poor infant nutrition, poor hygiene, and infectious disease all increase 

the risk of infant mortality. 

INFANT MORTALITY RATE: a measure of deaths to infants under 1 year of age during a given period. Infant mortality rates 

are calculated by dividing the number of deaths to infants under 1 year of age occurring in a given population during one year by 

the number of live births occurring during that year, then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number 

of infant deaths per 1,000 live births. 

LATE ABORTION: an abortion that is performed at or after 16 weeks gestation. 

LIVE BIRTH: a product of conception that shows any sign of life after delivery, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. Sign of 

life is considered the breathing or showing any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical 

cord, or the definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached. 

LOW BIRTHWEIGHT: a live birth weighing less than 2,500 grams (approximately 5 pounds 8 ounces). The percentage of low 

birthweight is the number of these births in a population during a given time interval divided by the total number of live births 

reported in that population during the same time interval. Low birthweight usually results from a shortened gestational period, 

which often is linked to preventable factors such as lack of prenatal care, maternal smoking, use of alcohol and other drugs, and 

pregnancy before the age of 18 years. Other risk factors for low birthweight include low socioeconomic level, low maternal 

weight gain, low pregnancy weight, first births, female sex, short maternal stature, prior low birthweight births, maternal illness, 

fetal infection, and a variety of metabolic and genetic disorders. Low birthweight infants are more likely than normal weight 

infants to have brain damage, lung and liver disease, subnormal growth, developmental problems, mild learning disorders, 

attention disorders, and developmental impairments. See VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT. 

MALE/FEMALE BIRTH RATIO: a measure of the number of males born for every thousand females born in a given time period. 

For example, a ratio of 1.036 means 1,036 males were born for every 1000 females born during a given time period. 

MARRIAGE RATE: a measure of marriages occurring in a population during a given period. Marriage rates are calculated by 

dividing the number of marriages occurring in a given population during one year by the estimated population, then multiplying 

the quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number of marriages per 1,000 population. The marriage rate would be 

more representative of resident marriages if it were calculated using the number of marriages to residents of an area, rather 

than the number of marriages occurring in an area. Marriage counts by residence of bride and groom are difficult to quantify, 

however, because couples often choose to obtain marriage licenses and/or to marry outside of their residence areas. 

MATERNAL MORTALITY: a representation of deaths of women due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth. Maternal 

mortality rates are calculated by dividing the number of maternal deaths in a given time period by the number of live births in that 

same time period, then multiplying the quotient by 100,000. Because maternal deaths occur infrequently, they are expressed as 



deaths per 100,000 live births. Ideally, the rate should be calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the number of all 

pregnancies even those that do not result in a live birth. However, no system exists for gathering accurate and complete 

information regarding of miscarriages and abortions; as an alternative, the number of live births is used as an estimate of the 

number of pregnancies. These deaths may be related to previously existing maternal health problems, or they can occur from 

acute conditions arising during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the period thereafter. Studies indicate that some maternal deaths 

caused by violence sustained as a result of pregnancy are not coded as pregnancy-related deaths. 2 Misidentification of cause 

of death is thought to result in under-reporting of maternal deaths. 

MODIFIED KESSNER INDEX: the method used in Louisiana to measure adequacy of prenatal care. This index defines 

prenatal care as adequate if the first prenatal visit occurred in the first trimester of pregnancy, and if the total number of visits 

was appropriate to the gestational age of the baby at birth. However, because these measures assess neither the quality nor 

the content of prenatal care, they must be recognized only as estimates of the adequacy of prenatal care. For details of the 

modified Kessner Index, please refer to the Birth Data section of these Technical Notes, on page 153. 

MORTALITY: a representation of the incidence of death. In Louisiana, as in the nation, most deaths result from a few major 

causes, such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Many people have the genetic potential to live to age 85 years, and some 

have the potential to live well beyond that age. Despite this potential, the average age at death in the United States is between 

65 and 79 years. Many of the leading causes of death for people between the ages of 25 and 65 are preventable, wholly or in 

part, through changes in lifestyle. Cause-of-death data are readily available from death certificates, and this information can be 

used to identify areas where behavioral changes may be most effective in increasing length of life. Leading causes of death 

such as heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries, stroke, and liver disease all have been associated with risk factors related 

to lifestyle. 

NEONATAL MORTALITY: a representation of infant deaths occurring during the first 28 days of life. Deaths during this period 

are generally due to hereditary factors and factors affecting the mother before and during pregnancy. Three-quarters of these 

deaths are associated with low birthweight. The distinction between neonatal and postneonatal mortality has been blurred in 

recent years, because of increased survival of premature infants due to advances in neonatology. 

NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE: a measure of deaths occurring among infants under 28 days of age during a given period. 

Neonatal mortality rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths occurring to infants under 28 days of age in a given 

population during one year by the number of live births occurring during that year, then multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The 

rate is expressed as the number of deaths to infants under age 28 days, per 1,000 live births. 

PERINATAL MORTALITY: a representation of deaths of unborn fetuses after 20 weeks of gestation (stillbirths) and deaths 

within 7 days of birth. Perinatal mortality is influenced by conditions that affect the mother before and during pregnancy, and by 

health problems (e.g., genetic, chromosomal, infectious and so on) that affect the infant. 

PERINATAL MORTALITY RATE: a measure of stillbirths (fetal deaths) plus deaths to infants under 7 days of age during a 

given period. Perinatal mortality rates are calculated by dividing the number of fetal deaths plus deaths to infants under 7 days 

2 

McFarlane J, Campbell JC, Sharps P, Watson K. “Abuse during pregnancy and femicide: urgent implications for women's health” 

Obstetrics and Gynecology 100:1 (July 2002); 27-36. 



of age occurring in a given population during one year by the number of stillbirths plus live births occurring during that year, then 

multiplying the quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number of fetal deaths plus deaths to infants under age 7 days, 

per 1,000 stillbirths plus live births. 

POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY: a representation of deaths occurring to infants aged 28 days through 364 days. Postneonatal 

mortality is influenced by environmental factors, such as nutrition, hygiene, and accidents. Advances in neonatology have 

blurred the distinction between neonatal and postneonatal mortality, given the improved survival rate of premature infants. 

POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATE: a measure of deaths occurring among infants aged 28 days through 364 days during a 

given period. Postneonatal mortality rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths occurring to infants aged 28 days 

through 364 days in a given population during one year by the number of live births occurring during that year, then multiplying 

the quotient by 1,000. The rate is expressed as the number of deaths to infants aged 28 days through 364 days, per 1,000 live 

births. 

PRENATAL CARE: health care, counseling, and related services provided during pregnancy to assure the best possible health 

for both mother and child. Care should start in the first trimester and continue throughout pregnancy. One major focus of such 

care is screening/monitoring to identify conditions that might threaten the mother or the child. A second major focus is 

counseling and guidance relative to diet, alcohol, tobacco, and other health concerns. Other services, for those who qualify, are 

social and financial counseling, WIC, and Medicaid. 

PRE-TEEN BIRTH: a birth to a woman younger than 13 years old. 

RATE: a measure used to make comparisons among different groups. A rate is the number of specific health events in a given 

time period divided by the average population during that same period, then multiplied by a number such as 1,000 or 100,000 to 

facilitate comparison between different populations. Multiplying by 100 results in a percentage of events per time period, which 

is an expression of the number of people out of 100 who experienced the event during the period. Most rates, however, are 

given as the number out of 1,000 or 100,000, because when rates are based on very small numbers, it is easier to understand 

the numbers and to compare the rates this way. Rates can be used to measure changes in the occurrence of health events 

between different time periods and geographical areas etc. 

RESIDENCE: defined as that of the deceased for a death and as that of the mother for a birth or stillbirth. Births and deaths 

occurring in institutions in Louisiana are reallocated to the place of previous residence, regardless of length of stay in the 

institution. All tables in this publication refer to resident events except as noted. 

RACE: the category that is shown on the certificate. Tables that include race classification are tabulated by white, black, and 

other, where other includes all races not white or black. Beginning in 1989, birth data are presented by race of mother rather 

than inferred race of child. 

SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATH: a fetal death that is not an induced termination of pregnancy. Spontaneous fetal deaths of 

20 weeks or more duration of pregnancy, or with a weight of 350 grams or more, must be reported on a Fetal Death (Stillbirth) 

certificate. For details of the Louisiana and National Center for Health Statistics definitions of fetal death, please refer to the 

Spontaneous Fetal Death Data section of these Technical Notes, on page 157. 



TEEN BIRTH: a birth to a woman aged 13 to 19 years. See PRE-TEEN BIRTH. 

UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DEATH: the disease or injury that initiated the sequence of events leading to death. Please see the 

Death Data section of these Technical Notes, on page 160. 

VERY LOW BIRTHWEIGHT: a live birth weighing less than 1,500 grams (approximately 3 pounds 5 ounces). The percent very 

low birthweight is the number of these births in a population during a given time interval, divided by the total number of live births 

with known birthweight reported in that population during the same time interval. Very low birthweight infants are at greater risk 

of mortality and long-term disability than higher weight infants. See LOW BIRTHWEIGHT. 


2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORTS Calculation of Rates 

CALCULATION OF RATES AND RATIOS* 

number of live births 

BIRTH RATE = -------------------------------- X 1,000 

estimated population 

number of live births 

FERTILITY RATE = ----------------------------------------- X 1,000 

estimated female population 

15 - 44 years old 

number of live births to 

AGE-SPECIFIC women in specific age group 

FERTILITY RATE = ------------------------------------------ X 1,000 

estimated female population 

in that specific age group 

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE** = sum of the age specific fertility rates (in 5-year age groups) multiplied by 5 

number of reportable fetal deaths 1,000 

FETAL DEATH RATES = --------------------------------------------- X (or 100,000, 

number of live births + fetal deaths as specified) 

number of deaths 1,000 

DEATH RATE = ------------------------------- X (or 100,000, 

estimated population as specified) 

number of deaths in 

AGE-SPECIFIC specific age group 1,000 

DEATH RATE = ---------------------------------- X (or 100,000, 

estimated population as specified) 

in that specific age group 

*All rates and ratios in this report are per calendar year. 

**If divided by 1,000, the total fertility rate approximates the completed family size per woman. This assumes that throughout 

their reproductive period, women will experience the same age specific birthrates observed in the childbearing population in the 

current year. 


Calculation of Rates 2003 LOUISIANA VITAL STATISTICS REPORT 

total number of expected deaths in a 

standard population (if the persons 

in this population had experienced the 

same age specific death rates as 

AGE-ADJUSTED population being adjusted) 1,000 

DEATH RATE= ------------------------------------------------ X (or 100,000, 

(Direct Method) total standard population as specified) 

number of deaths 

INFANT under 1 year of age 1,000 

MORTALITY RATE= ------------------------------------- X (or 100,000, 

total number of live births as specified) 


HEBDOMADAL under 7 days of age 

MORTALITY RATE= ---------------------------------- X 1,000 

total number of live births 


NEONATAL under 28 days old 

MORTALITY RATE= ---------------------------------- X 1,000 


PERINATAL fetal deaths + deaths under 7 days old 

MORTALITY RATE= ---------------------------------------------------- X 1,000 

total number of live births + fetal deaths 

number of deaths due to Complications of 

MATERNAL Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Puerperium 

MORTALITY RATE***= ----------------------------------------------------- X 100,000 


***In reports prior to 1972 the Maternal Death rate was expressed "per 10,000 live births". 


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